Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 7 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma on Fri, May 2, 2014, 2:44 PM CDT (19:44 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 10 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-05-02 19:44:20 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.590° N, 97.399° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
42
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

42 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

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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
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 197°, dip 80°, rake -170°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 105°, dip 80°, rake -10°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
46°
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: 188 in the 60 days after this one and 11 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.96 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 8
  2. 2.66 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4525 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.65 km SW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4525 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.54 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 3.24 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.77 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.74 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.66 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.28 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4521 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.65 km SW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.72 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.710 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 2.76 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.72 km WSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.85 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.78 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.910 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.39 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.810 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4516 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 8
  21. 2.810 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  22. 3.310 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 10
  23. 2.77 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.8Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 2.61 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 12
  26. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.99 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 2.79 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  29. 2.69 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 3.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 32
  31. 2.712 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.69 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4513 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  33. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  34. 2.69 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 3.19 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 2.53 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
  37. 3.12 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 13
  38. 2.52 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 3.22 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 51
  40. 2.89 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.79 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.69 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 3.26 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 10
  44. 2.52 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.510 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 2.92 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 27
  47. 3.26 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 3.02 km SSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.72 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.512 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 3.21 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 21
  52. 2.72 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 3.32 km SE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 13
  54. 3.42 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4509 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 44
  55. 2.57 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  56. 3.12 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
  57. 2.63 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  58. 2.23 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.56 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  60. 2.13 km SW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of 188.

Before

  1. 3.06 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.210 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  4. 3.13 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 3.46 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 9
  7. 2.16 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  8. 3.15 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
  9. 2.66 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.54 km N of Quay, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.65 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4529 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away

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