M4.3 earthquake 9 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 9 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.3 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-07-29 02:46:36 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.756° N, 98.045° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 638
- Strongest shaking
- V, moderate 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
- V, moderate shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
638 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong shaking.

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
- 4.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 127°, dip 61°, rake -22°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 228°, dip 71°, rake -149°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- 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
- 1.9Kansas · 4414 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.49 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4413 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.72 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4413 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.311 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4413 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 6
- 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4413 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.68 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4413 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4412 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4412 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4412 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4412 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.08 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 4412 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
- 2.36 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4412 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4411 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.32 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4411 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.36 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4411 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 12
- 2.66 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4410 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4410 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4410 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4410 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.53 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4409 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4409 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4409 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.33 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4409 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.82 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4408 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.42 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4408 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4408 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.83 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4408 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4408 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.12 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4408 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4407 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 1.92 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4407 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4407 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.62 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4407 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.72 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4407 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4406 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4406 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.02 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4406 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 4406 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.12 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4406 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4406 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.511 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4406 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.46 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 21
- 3.46 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
- 3.05 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.09 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.210 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
- 2.711 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.311 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4403 days ago · 13 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.42 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4403 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4403 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.93 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4403 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4403 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4402 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4402 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.79 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4402 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.45 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.05 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.36 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4400 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
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