Oklahoma earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 7 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 7 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma on Sat, Jul 12, 2014, 12:11 PM CDT (17:11 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 12 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (mwr), light
Local time
UTC
2014-07-12 17:11:46 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.864° N, 97.321° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
152
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
PAGER alert
Green
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?

152 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level
Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

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
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 307°, dip 64°, rake -3°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 38°, dip 87°, rake -154°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Station coverage gap
53°
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. 2.65 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.96 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.83 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 6
  9. 2.91 km NE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4455 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.75 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4454 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  11. 2.53 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4454 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4454 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 3.07 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4454 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.55 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4454 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.70 km S of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4453 days ago · 14 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4453 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
  17. 3.36 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4453 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.56 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4453 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.57 km WNW of Meridian, OK · 4453 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 3.53 km NNE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4453 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 47
  21. 3.93 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4453 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 207
  22. 2.74 km ESE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4452 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 2.73 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4452 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  24. 2.65 km E of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4452 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  25. 2.56 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4452 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.86 km N of Luther, Oklahoma · 4452 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
  27. 2.87 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4452 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.83 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4451 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.61 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4451 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 2.67 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4451 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  31. 2.71 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4451 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 2.38 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4451 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.63 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4450 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 2.77 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4450 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  35. 2.74 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4450 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.47 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4450 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.73 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4450 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 3.06 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4450 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  39. 2.97 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4450 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.77 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4449 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  41. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4449 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.16 km S of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4448 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  43. 2.93 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4447 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4446 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.97 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4446 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
  46. 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4446 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  47. 2.63 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4446 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 2.6Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
  51. 3.36 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 15
  52. 2.54 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 3.16 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  54. 2.96 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4444 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.912 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.82 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 3.28 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 13
  58. 2.34 km NW of Jones, Oklahoma · 4438 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  59. 3.3Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 52
  60. 2.68 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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