M3.4 earthquake 9 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 17, 2015, 9:56 AM CST (15:56 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-17 15:56:06 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.212° N, 97.553° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.6 km horizontally, 6.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- 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
- 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.813 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 28
- 2.06 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.56 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
- 2.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 3.010 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 35
- 2.86 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 11
- 3.07 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 45
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 10
- 3.08 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 3.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 10
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.84 km SSE of Chandler, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.50 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 17
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km E of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
- 2.82 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.83 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 3.26 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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