M3.1 earthquake 8 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 8 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 12, 2016, 9:44 PM CST (03:44 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-13 03:44:19 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.952° N, 97.392° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 142 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
- 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 36
- 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
- 3.45 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 3.66 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
- 3.06 km NNE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.04 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 2.86 km S of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.36 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 4
- 2.1Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.86 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.97 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 3.313 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 14
- 2.96 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 54
- 4.1Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 27
- 3.08 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 12
- 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 2.813 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 28
- 2.66 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 9
- 2.812 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 35
- 2.86 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 11
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 45
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
- 2.65 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 10
- 3.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 10
- 2.85 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.84 km SSE of Chandler, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 2.610 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km E of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 2.82 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 36
- 2.68 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 10
- 2.96 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 3.17 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.98 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.95 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 16
- 2.65 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 3.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 65
- 2.64 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.33 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 3.56 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004dx6. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:07 AM UTC.