Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 14 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 14 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma on Wed, Aug 27, 2014, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-08-27 15:44:24 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.094° N, 97.229° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
10
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Oklahoma City and Stillwater. Also felt at Bluff City and Douglass, Kansas.

From the USGS event page for usc000s7ei. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

10 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?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
67°
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

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000s7ei. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC.