Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 5 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 5 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma on Wed, Feb 24, 2016, 5:29 AM CST (11:29 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
3.4 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-02-24 11:29:47 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.672° N, 97.418° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
28
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

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

Felt (III) at Edmond. Also felt at Arcadia, Marietta, Norman and Oklahoma City.

From the USGS event page for us10004sbr. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

28 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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 1.4 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
35°
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: 168 in the 60 days after this one and 123 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 168.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004sbr. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.