M3.9 earthquake 7 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 7 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 6, 2015, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.9 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-06 15:30:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.634° N, 97.657° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 35
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- 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

Did you feel it?
35 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
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
- 3.9 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 64°, dip 77°, rake 165°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 158°, dip 76°, rake 13°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.0 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- 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
- 2.04 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4150 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4150 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.34 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4150 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4150 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.10 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
- 2.20 km W of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.62 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4150 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.11 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
- 1.8Kansas · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4149 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4149 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4147 days ago · 2 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.22 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.42 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 2.93 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4147 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.57 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.16 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 18
- 2.87 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.87 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.58 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4147 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 56
- 3.412 km WSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.56 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.62 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4146 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.02 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4146 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4146 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.92 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
- 2.69 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.910 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.95 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4146 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.96 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.06 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.610 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.87 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.78 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.67 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.07 km SE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.84 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
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