Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 7 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 7 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma on Fri, Jun 27, 2014, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC), 5 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
3.6 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-06-27 15:09:02 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.886° N, 97.310° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
74
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?

74 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?

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
3.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 101°, dip 89°, rake -15°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 191°, dip 75°, rake -179°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Station coverage gap
57°
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 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.12 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.97 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4478 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
  3. 3.07 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4477 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 16
  4. 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4476 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 3.2Oklahoma · 4476 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.64 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4476 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.65 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4476 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.54 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4476 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.94 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4475 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.57 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4475 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 3.05 km WNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 4475 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 3.14 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4475 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.53 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4475 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.7Oklahoma · 4474 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.62 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4474 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.711 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4474 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4473 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.38 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4473 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 3.011 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4473 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.59 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4473 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 3.25 km SW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4473 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  22. 2.612 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4471 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 3.310 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4470 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  24. 2.54 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4469 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.88 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4469 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.510 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4469 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 2.15 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4469 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.64 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4469 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  29. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4469 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.66 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4469 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4469 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 2.91 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 4468 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.74 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4467 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 2.54 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4467 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.59 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4466 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 2.66 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4466 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 3.41 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4465 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  38. 2.83 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4465 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 2.61 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4465 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 2.57 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4465 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 3.26 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4464 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 2.97 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4464 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 4.07 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4464 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 152
  44. 3.17 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4464 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.57 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4464 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 2.65 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.96 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 2.83 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  54. 2.91 km NE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.75 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 2.53 km N of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 3.07 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.55 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4463 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  60. 2.70 km S of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4462 days ago · 14 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.86 km NNW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 3.37 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.77 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 3.5Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.55 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 3.75 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4479 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 14
  7. 2.65 km NNW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.911 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 3.311 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 12
  10. 3.112 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  11. 3.512 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 12
  12. 3.612 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4480 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 76
  13. 2.78 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 11
  14. 2.74 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.57 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4481 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 9
  16. 3.05 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4482 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.96 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4482 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 26
  18. 3.212 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 13
  19. 2.58 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4483 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.41 km ESE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4485 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000rmtx. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:13 AM UTC.