Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma on Tue, Mar 11, 2014, 7:55 AM CDT (12:55 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 2 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-03-11 12:55:27 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.890° N, 97.282° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
29
Strongest shaking
III, weak 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
III, weak shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

29 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate 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
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 335°, dip 72°, rake 18°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 239°, dip 73°, rake 161°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.98 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4590 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.312 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4590 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  3. 2.311 km N of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4590 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.55 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.51 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.78 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.75 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.86 km E of Carney, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.510 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.510 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  11. 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4589 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.54 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4588 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  13. 2.710 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4588 days ago · 10 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.5Oklahoma · 4588 days ago · 19 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 3.18 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4587 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 13
  16. 2.17 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4587 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.68 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4587 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  18. 2.88 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4587 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.88 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4587 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 36
  20. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4586 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  21. 2.97 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4586 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4586 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4586 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  24. 2.98 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4586 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 3.07 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4586 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.78 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4585 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 2.69 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 3.41 km ENE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 90
  30. 2.32 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 3.16 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.62 km NE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4584 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 3.010 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  35. 2.96 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  36. 2.53 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.59 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4583 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  39. 2.72 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 3.14 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 3.110 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 3.110 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  43. 2.54 km N of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 3.47 km NW of Agra, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 35
  45. 2.97 km SSW of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4582 days ago · 2 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 2.52 km W of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  48. 3.18 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 3.35 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.85 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4581 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 2.710 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 3.32 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.59 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.810 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  56. 3.010 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  57. 2.710 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  58. 2.88 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.74 km NNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 2.66 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4580 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.55 km WSW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4590 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.111 km N of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.511 km S of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 46
  4. 2.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.69 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.86 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
  7. 3.02 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4592 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 25
  8. 2.32 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4592 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.81 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4592 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 18
  10. 2.92 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4592 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 17
  11. 3.33 km ESE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4592 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 11
  12. 2.42 km ESE of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4593 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 3.16 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4593 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
  14. 3.06 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4593 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 2.96 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4594 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.510 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4594 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.510 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4595 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.68 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4595 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.77 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  20. 3.37 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 56

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