M3.4 earthquake 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma on Wed, Jun 1, 2016, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-06-02 01:28:54 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.376° N, 97.725° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.9 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 43°
- 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
- 1.85 km W of Argonia, Kansas · 3736 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.72 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.612 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.71 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.98 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.68 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3735 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.72 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.62 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.71 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.71 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.28 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.510 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.71 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3734 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.83 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3733 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.72 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3733 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.42 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 1.56 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3732 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.89 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.76 km N of Agra, Oklahoma · 3732 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.96 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.61 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Kansas · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3731 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.612 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.71 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3731 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 3.24 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.62 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.66 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3730 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3729 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3729 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3728 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
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