Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Mon, Feb 22, 2016, 8:35 PM CST (02:35 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 6 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-02-23 02:35:15 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.665° N, 97.402° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
222
Strongest shaking
IV, light 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
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

222 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate 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 2.6 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
36°
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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.85 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 3.76 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 253
  3. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
  4. 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 8
  6. 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
  7. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 32
  8. 3.0Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
  9. 2.47 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
  11. 2.64 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.45 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 28
  15. 2.710 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.711 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 2.13 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  18. 3.012 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 10
  19. 2.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  20. 3.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 95
  21. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 2.64 km WSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 41
  24. 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.53 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 8
  27. 3.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 17
  28. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.46 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.68 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 3.01 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 48
  35. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.94 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.78 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 2.86 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.46 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 3.45 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 8
  43. 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.86 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
  52. 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 12
  53. 3.09 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.03 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 31
  2. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 58
  3. 3.04 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  4. 3.13 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 8
  5. 2.27 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.54 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.8Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
  9. 3.05 km SE of Garber, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 3.25 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.75 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 3.07 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.65 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  14. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.53 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 29
  20. 3.55 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 9

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