Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 5 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 8 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-09-24 05:49:33 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.404° N, 96.762° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
10
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
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

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
3.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 88°, dip 80°, rake -17°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 181°, dip 73°, rake -169°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 5.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
Station coverage gap
100°
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

  1. 2.8Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 2.510 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  3. 2.710 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 2.610 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.69 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 8
  8. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 3.310 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.5Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 2.83 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 15
  12. 2.45 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.46 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 9
  15. 3.05 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.0Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.76 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.84 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.93 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.86 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 2.52 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.39 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
  25. 2.56 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.08 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.56 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.66 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  30. 2.610 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.910 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.59 km NW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.93 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 2.66 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 2.713 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 3.17 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.52 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4353 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 2.55 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.510 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.77 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.612 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4351 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  42. 3.15 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.64 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.74 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.62 km SW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.67 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  47. 2.610 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.79 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.85 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  50. 3.15 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  51. 2.66 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.45 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.57 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.54 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.67 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 2.99 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.611 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 3.310 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  59. 3.210 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.14 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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