M4.2 earthquake 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 1, 2016, 5:39 AM CST (11:39 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.2 (mwr), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-01 11:39:39 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.669° N, 97.406° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 815
- Strongest shaking
- VI, strong shaking
- PAGER alert
- Green
- 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
- VI, strong shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 13.6% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 1.6 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
815 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Estimated impact
The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.
- Alert level
- Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected
Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 4.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 213°, dip 77°, rake 165°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 307°, dip 75°, rake 13°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.8 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.03
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
- 2.68 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 36
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 36
- 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
- 3.66 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 8
- 2.04 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 2.86 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
- 2.36 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 2.1Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.97 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 3.313 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 14
- 2.96 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 54
- 3.08 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
- 2.55 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 2.813 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 3.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 28
- 2.66 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 9
- 2.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 35
- 2.86 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 11
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 45
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 10
- 2.84 km SSE of Chandler, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km E of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.811 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
- 2.88 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.14 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 33
- 3.59 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 72
The first 60 of 200.
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