M3.9 earthquake 7 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 2, 2015, 10:57 AM CST (16:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 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
- 3.9 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-02 16:57:36 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.920° N, 97.331° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 414
- 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.
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
414 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 65°, dip 79°, rake 179°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 155°, dip 89°, rake 11°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.6 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Station coverage gap
- 64°
- 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
- 2.68 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3975 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.04 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.77 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.67 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.79 km SSW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.90 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 11
- 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.55 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 20
- 3.014 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
- 2.510 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.514 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.58 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.68 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.54 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 24
- 2.74 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
- 3.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
- 3.16 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 42
- 2.73 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.08 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.64 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.59 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.914 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.51 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.77 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km NNE of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 3.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
- 2.83 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
- 2.64 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.67 km SSW of Boley, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.29 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 23
- 3.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 53
- 2.72 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.69 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.34 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
- 2.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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