M3.4 earthquake 8 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 21, 2014, 12:42 PM CST (18:42 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-21 18:42:55 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.629° N, 97.710° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.26 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 3.66 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
- 1.66 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.04 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 1.75 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.54 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 10
- 2.27 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.89 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.05 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.97 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.06 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.26 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.36 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4299 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4299 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4299 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.16 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.81 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.98 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4298 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4297 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.66 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.58 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km SE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.04 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4297 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.46 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 51
- 1.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.99 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.95 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4300 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.04 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.84 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 3.16 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.03 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4301 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.94 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.83 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4301 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 8
- 2.712 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4302 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
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