M3.6 earthquake 9 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma on Sat, Mar 21, 2015, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 6 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-21 10:08:51 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.351° N, 97.088° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 34
- 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?
34 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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
- 3.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 33°, dip 78°, rake -151°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 297°, dip 62°, rake -14°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.4 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Station coverage gap
- 56°
- 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
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.51 km N of Agra, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.72 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.23 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.15 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 3.42 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.47 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 3.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 41
- 2.59 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.712 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 3.00 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.66 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 53
- 3.210 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4169 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 33
- 2.76 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.413 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4168 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.0Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 3.010 km SSE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 3.05 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.99 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 3.110 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.72 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.87 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4167 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.31 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.35 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.17 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 161
- 2.88 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.02 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4166 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4165 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
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