Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 5 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma on Fri, May 13, 2016, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-05-14 03:39:27 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.053° N, 97.557° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

7 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 2.7 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
81°
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: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.85 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 22
  5. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.54 km SE of Cole, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.87 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 3.34 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 2.61 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.32 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3768 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  21. 2.62 km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3767 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 3.33 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3766 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 11
  25. 2.94 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3761 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.31 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 29
  27. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 3.24 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 18
  29. 2.42 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3756 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 3.12 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  33. 3.02 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.71 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  35. 3.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 14
  36. 3.24 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3748 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 3.66 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  38. 2.72 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.94 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  41. 2.54 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 2.57 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 3.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3738 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
  44. 1.94 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  46. 3.010 km N of Alex, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.88 km NNW of Alex, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.72 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.71 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.61 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  52. 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.99 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.61 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.71 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.52 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  59. 2.66 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 2.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 2.74 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 2.84 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.6Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.0Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.14 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 14
  13. 3.23 km NNE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 35
  14. 2.7Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 3.45 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.43 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.77 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 3.04 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005hci. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:42 AM UTC.