Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sun, Aug 30, 2015, 7:19 AM CDT (12:19 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-08-30 12:19:23 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.675° N, 97.399° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
125
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?

125 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
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 204°, dip 65°, rake -177°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 113°, dip 87°, rake -25°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.0 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.04
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4045 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4045 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 3.09 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4045 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4045 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 2.93 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4044 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  6. 2.62 km SSE of Marland, Oklahoma · 4044 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 3.44 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4044 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 10
  8. 2.85 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4044 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.56 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4044 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.94 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  12. 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.64 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.89 km ESE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 2.55 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4043 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  20. 3.34 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
  21. 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.83 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4042 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.610 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.53 km W of Marland, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.64 km W of Marland, Oklahoma · 4041 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 2.510 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 2.82 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.512 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.76 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  30. 2.95 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4040 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  31. 2.59 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 2.78 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 2.66 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4039 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  34. 2.612 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 2.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  36. 2.17 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  39. 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.510 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 17
  42. 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  43. 2.98 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  44. 3.110 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 2.84 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  46. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away
  47. 2.710 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 3.24 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
  49. 2.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
  50. 2.0Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 3.18 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 21
  52. 2.86 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.72 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 3.22 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  56. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 3.12 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  58. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.24 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4046 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.34 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4047 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.55 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4047 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 2.75 km WSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4047 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.510 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4047 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 3.110 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4047 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.56 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4047 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 3.39 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4047 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.84 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4048 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 2.69 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4048 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.86 km WNW of Drummond, Oklahoma · 4048 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.56 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4048 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.71 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4049 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.86 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4049 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.62 km ENE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4050 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.56 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4050 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.56 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4050 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 3.22 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4050 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 2.92 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4050 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  20. 2.52 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4050 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000365e. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 1:21 AM UTC.