M3.4 earthquake 6 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 1, 2016, 2:28 PM CST (20:28 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-01 20:28:07 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.821° N, 97.436° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 23
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
23 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and 107 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
- 3.210 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 3
- 3.38 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 40
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 9
- 2.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 8
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.112 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 21
- 3.312 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 28
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.913 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 22
- 3.312 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 10 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 3.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 12 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 27
- 2.913 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.413 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7
- 2.37 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 8
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km SE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.95 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 15
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 33
- 3.25 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 7
- 2.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 3.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 34
- 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.85 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
- 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 72
- 3.06 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.61 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
- 3.56 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
- 3.07 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 65
- 2.65 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 16
- 2.56 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.56 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 2.99 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.98 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 10
- 2.68 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 36
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 5
- 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 36
- 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 4.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 815
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 7
- 2.55 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 2.75 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 6
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 7
- 2.55 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 28
- 3.24 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 11
- 2.65 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 8
- 2.63 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.33 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
- 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 12
- 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004ark. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC.