M3.2 earthquake 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma on Fri, Mar 11, 2016, 1:32 AM CST (07:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-11 07:32:11 UTC
- Depth
- 5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.982° N, 96.807° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 47°
- 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: 171 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.13 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 2.65 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 2.46 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
- 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 3.35 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 2 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.06 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3839 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 3.48 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 3.37 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3838 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3837 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.46 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 7
- 2.60 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
- 2.10 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 726
- 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 31
- 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 11
- 2.513 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
- 2.84 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 12
- 2.85 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 10 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.07 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 19
- 3.33 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
- 3.24 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 171.
Before
- 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.09 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 12
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.86 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004wpq. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 7:53 PM UTC.