M3.7 earthquake 10 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 10 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 12, 2014, 9:41 AM CDT (14:41 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-12 14:41:55 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.184° N, 97.270° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 61
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt (III) at Stillwater. Also felt at Broken Arrow, Enid, Oklahoma City, Owasso, Perry, Prague, Sapulpa and Tulsa.
From the USGS event page for usb000sbsb. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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

Did you feel it?
61 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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
- 3.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 119°, dip 82°, rake 11°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 28°, dip 79°, rake 172°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.8 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- 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 132 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.59 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4402 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4402 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.112 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4402 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.52 km SSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4402 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4402 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4402 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4402 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 3.29 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 3.06 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
- 2.810 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.310 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
- 3.57 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4401 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 2.87 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4400 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.77 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4400 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.16 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4400 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
- 2.65 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4400 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4400 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.17 km ESE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.59 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.97 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 102
- 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
- 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.112 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.712 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.412 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.712 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4399 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.55 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
- 2.88 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.65 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.22 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.25 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.08 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.28 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
- 2.68 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4398 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.310 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
- 2.56 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.710 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.75 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 8
- 3.810 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 2.98 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4397 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.75 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.23 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 10
- 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
- 3.86 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 35
- 3.36 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.75 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.311 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.83 km SSE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
- 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.71 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4396 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 1.812 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4403 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.612 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4403 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.212 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4403 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.812 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.612 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.54 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.012 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.712 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.51 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4404 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.61 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.87 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.612 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
- 2.812 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.312 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
- 2.83 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.06 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.66 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4405 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.07 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4406 days ago · 12 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.46 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4406 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 4
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