Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 5 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma on Mon, Oct 27, 2014, 5:42 AM CDT (10:42 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 6 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-10-27 10:42:30 UTC
Depth
7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.500° N, 99.081° W
Region
Oklahoma
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
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How well it is located

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Location uncertainty
About 4.8 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
197°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 84 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.6Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.54 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.64 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.45 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.64 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.98 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4344 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.77 km WNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.57 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4341 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.82 km NNE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4340 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.87 km ESE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4340 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.56 km E of Amorita, Oklahoma · 4338 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.54 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4338 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.54 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4338 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.85 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4337 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.68 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4337 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 3.05 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4336 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.54 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4335 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 2.57 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4331 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  21. 2.56 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4330 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 3.66 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4330 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 18
  23. 2.61 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 4329 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.64 km SE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4327 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.66 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4327 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4326 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
  27. 3.14 km NNE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4326 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.85 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4326 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.55 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.79 km ESE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4324 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.05 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4323 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  32. 3.74 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 39
  33. 2.75 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  34. 2.69 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 3.07 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.85 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 3.35 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  38. 2.94 km SE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 2.96 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.74 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.95 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 3.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 4
  46. 2.95 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 2.65 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 2.77 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  49. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  50. 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.88 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.67 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4309 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.612 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4305 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.22 km ESE of Amorita, OK · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.013 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  57. 2.77 km NE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  58. 3.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4304 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 15
  59. 2.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  60. 2.64 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4303 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 84.

Before

  1. 3.75 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.55 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 3.15 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.57 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 2.55 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4352 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.64 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.64 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.6Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.25 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.56 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 3.56 km NNW of Quinlan, OK · 4353 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.9Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.66 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.55 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 3.02 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3

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