M3.7 earthquake 6 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 6 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma on Thu, Apr 23, 2015, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 19 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-04-23 06:20:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.624° N, 97.657° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 41
- 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?
41 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 297°, dip 65°, rake -102°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 143°, dip 27°, rake -67°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.5 km horizontally, 6.1 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.68 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.48 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.61 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.78 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.98 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.93 km WSW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 1.88 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.23 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.02 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.12 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.26 km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.86 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 1 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.36 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.34 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.33 km N of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 3.48 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.66 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.011 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.919 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
- 2.84 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.712 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 3.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
- 2.03 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 10
- 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.69 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.36 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.24 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.47 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.83 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
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