M3.3 earthquake 10 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 10 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 17, 2014, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 6 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-17 13:21:54 UTC
- Depth
- 3.3 km (2.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.178° N, 97.264° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 12
- 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

Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

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
- 3.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 34°, dip 72°, rake -154°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 295°, dip 65°, rake -20°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.3 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.610 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 8
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.310 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.83 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 15
- 2.45 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 3.46 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 9
- 3.05 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 3.0Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
- 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.63 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.212 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.76 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.84 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.93 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.86 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.38 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 2.69 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.39 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
- 2.56 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.610 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.910 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.713 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.17 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.64 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 2.47 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.510 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.77 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 2.612 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 3.15 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.513 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 3.25 km ESE of Jones, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 17
- 2.54 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 2.610 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 200.
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