Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 8 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 8 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 14, 2014, 2:15 AM CDT (07:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-07-14 07:15:51 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.713° N, 97.888° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
104
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

104 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 109°, dip 62°, rake -56°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 235°, dip 43°, rake -136°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Station coverage gap
88°
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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.19 km N of Nash, OK · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  2. 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.76 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4435 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 3.17 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.412 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.77 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 2.77 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.78 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4433 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4432 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.56 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4432 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4432 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 1.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4432 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.72 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4432 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.513 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  16. 1.92 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4431 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.83 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 3.39 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.83 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4430 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.68 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4430 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  22. 2.64 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  23. 3.05 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.69 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4430 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.99 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 3.29 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4429 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  27. 1.57 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4428 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 1.75 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4428 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  29. 1.69 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4427 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.56 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.85 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  32. 2.85 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 3.35 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 7
  34. 2.26 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  35. 3.310 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.07 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4426 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4426 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 2.5Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.62 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  40. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  41. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 2.13 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4425 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 1.72 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4424 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 1.83 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4424 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  45. 3.09 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 2.44 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
  47. 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4423 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 8
  48. 2.78 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4422 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  49. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4422 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 2.712 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4422 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 2.512 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4422 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  52. 1.94 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4421 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4421 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 2.51 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4421 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.19 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4421 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 1.79 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4421 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  57. 1.83 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 4420 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 3.45 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4420 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 2.37 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4420 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  60. 2.09 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4420 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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