M3.0 earthquake 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 27, 2016, 4:18 PM CDT (21:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-27 21:18:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.728° N, 97.159° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 24°
- 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: 164 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.08 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km SW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.09 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.77 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.43 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 3.45 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.23 km NNE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 35
- 2.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.14 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 14
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.84 km N of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.14 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.21 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.65 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.73 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.34 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.54 km NNW of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.14 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 3.112 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km NNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.77 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.15 km SSE of Cole, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
- 2.85 km S of Cole, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 9
- 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 22
- 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
- 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 7
- 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 164.
Before
- 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
- 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.75 km W of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 65
- 2.97 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 3.01 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.64 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 90
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.67 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 45
- 2.57 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.52 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3803 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.07 km W of Cromwell, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
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