Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 3 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma on Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 7:03 AM CST (13:03 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-11 13:03:38 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.787° N, 96.989° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt at Carney, Edmond and Oklahoma City.

From the USGS event page for us10004wri. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak 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 0.7 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
49°
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: 169 in the 60 days after this one and 109 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.46 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  13. 3.35 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.94 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 3.06 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  18. 3.48 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  19. 3.37 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  22. 2.54 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.46 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 2.6Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
  25. 2.60 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  26. 2.10 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  29. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  30. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.26 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.5Oklahoma · 3840 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  38. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  39. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 726
  40. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 31
  41. 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 2.85 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 11
  44. 2.513 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  45. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 3.2Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.84 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 3.2Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 12
  50. 2.85 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.75 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  52. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.85 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  54. 3.07 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  55. 3.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 19
  56. 3.33 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 5
  57. 3.24 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.92 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of 169.

Before

  1. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
  2. 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.03 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 3.09 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 12
  13. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 8
  14. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.86 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004wri. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC.