M3.8 earthquake 10 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 10 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 18, 2014, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 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
- 3.8 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-18 07:12:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.181° N, 97.269° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- 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?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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
- 3.8 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 122°, dip 80°, rake -12°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 214°, dip 78°, rake -169°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.8 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.05 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 3.0Oklahoma · 4357 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 · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.212 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.76 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.84 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 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 · 82 km away
- 3.38 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
- 2.69 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.39 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4355 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 · 51 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 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 · 4353 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 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 · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 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 · 36 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 · 90 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 · 4351 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 · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.74 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 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 · 93 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.67 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
- 2.610 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
- 3.15 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.45 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.110 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 17
- 2.57 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.54 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.67 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.99 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.611 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.310 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
The first 60 of 200.
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