Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Mon, Oct 17, 2016, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (mb_lg), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-10-18 04:04:41 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.662° N, 97.400° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
115
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 3.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
19°
Stations used
119

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 139 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  5. 1.6Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 3.0Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.65 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 7
  14. 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.89 km WSW of Blanchard, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 17
  20. 2.116 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 3.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 10
  22. 2.7Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  23. 3.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  24. 2.414 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 41
  30. 2.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  31. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
  32. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 11
  34. 2.41 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  36. 3.13 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.33 km S of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
  38. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  39. 4.47 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3,256
  40. 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  42. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.86 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14
  44. 2.95 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.67 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  48. 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  49. 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 11
  52. 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 18
  53. 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  54. 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  55. 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 41
  56. 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  57. 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 39
  58. 5.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11,428
  59. 2.51 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.02 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 469

The first 60 of 139.

Before

  1. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.64 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 2.6Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007f08. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:50 AM UTC.