Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 8 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 8 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 3:20 AM CST (09:20 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.3 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

Wellston forecastMore in Oklahoma

Map

Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Open the live map with earthquakes

The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-12-16 09:20:34 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.617° N, 97.086° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Oklahoma City.

From the USGS event page for us20004hiq. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
51°
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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.77 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 3.13 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.72 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 26
  6. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 3.46 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
  8. 3.33 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  9. 3.210 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.46 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.14 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.58 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.80 km N of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.78 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.58 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 26
  18. 2.7Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.76 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  20. 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 3.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
  22. 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.012 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  24. 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 10
  26. 2.85 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.69 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.614 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 3.47 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 41
  30. 3.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 182
  31. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  32. 3.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
  33. 3.210 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 4.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 983
  35. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  36. 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 39
  37. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.78 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  39. 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.74 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 17
  42. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  43. 3.0Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  44. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 12
  46. 3.33 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.63 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 8
  49. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.65 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 11
  52. 3.24 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 28
  54. 2.55 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  57. 2.68 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  58. 2.55 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  59. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
  60. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.88 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.29 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.29 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.7Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.510 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  7. 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.63 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 3.45 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
  10. 3.10 km NNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.83 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.62 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.36 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.81 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 2.83 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.98 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away

Earthquakes todayOklahoma earthquakesLive radar here

Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20004hiq. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.