Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 5 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 8, 2016, 12:43 PM CST (18:43 UTC), 7 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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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-01-08 18:43:14 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.663° N, 97.391° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
65
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
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
III, weak shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

65 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 1.8 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
37°
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

  1. 2.86 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 6
  3. 2.36 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.1Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.97 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.313 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 14
  8. 2.96 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  10. 2.65 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.54 km SSE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 3.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 54
  14. 3.08 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 13
  15. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 12
  16. 2.55 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.813 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 28
  20. 2.66 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 9
  23. 2.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.85 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 35
  25. 2.86 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 11
  26. 3.2Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 45
  27. 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
  28. 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
  29. 2.84 km SSE of Chandler, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  30. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.12 km E of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  38. 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  39. 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  41. 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 2.811 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  46. 2.88 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  47. 3.14 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 33
  48. 3.59 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 72
  49. 2.611 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.8Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.14 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 8
  53. 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  55. 3.110 km S of Paden, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.510 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.610 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 2.54 km SW of Luther, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 3.01 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 12

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004cef. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:18 AM UTC.