M3.1 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 1:32 AM CST (07:32 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-30 07:32:48 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.666° N, 97.399° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 11
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
11 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.1 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 90 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.24 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 28
- 2.55 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.68 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.55 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 5
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 4.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 815
- 3.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 23
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 3.210 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
- 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 40
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
- 2.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.112 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 21
- 3.312 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 28
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 22
- 3.312 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 3.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 27
- 2.913 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
- 2.37 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km SE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 15
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 33
- 3.25 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 3.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 34
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 72
- 3.06 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
- 3.07 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 65
- 2.65 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 16
- 2.56 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.56 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 2.99 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.98 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 2.65 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 8
- 2.63 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.33 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 17
- 2.74 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.78 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 39
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 4.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 983
- 3.210 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 6
- 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004adl. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC.