M4.0 earthquake 8 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 27, 2015, 9:58 AM CST (15:58 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
- 4.0 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-27 15:58:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.629° N, 97.712° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 70
- 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?
70 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
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.0 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 153°, dip 89°, rake -23°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 243°, dip 67°, rake -179°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.1 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Station coverage gap
- 71°
- 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
- 3.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
- 2.81 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.96 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.110 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.29 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
- 2.76 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.36 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
- 3.95 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 44
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.67 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.12 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4206 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.97 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4206 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.2Kansas · 4206 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.67 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.86 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.85 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.16 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 4205 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.53 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.87 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.622 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4205 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4205 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.37 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4205 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.78 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4205 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
- 2.21 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.79 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.25 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.74 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.713 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4204 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4204 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
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