Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-10-31 03:27:03 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.286° N, 97.507° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
11
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
III, weak shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

11 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?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 317°, dip 85°, rake 22°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 225°, dip 68°, rake 175°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
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: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.41 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.13 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.33 km S of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 17
  7. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 7
  8. 4.47 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3,256
  9. 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.86 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 14
  14. 2.95 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.72 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.67 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  21. 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  22. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  25. 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  27. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 11
  29. 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 18
  30. 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  32. 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 41
  33. 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 39
  35. 5.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 11,428
  36. 2.51 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  37. 3.02 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 469
  38. 2.62 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 107
  39. 3.01 km ENE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 31
  40. 2.52 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 6
  41. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 12
  43. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  44. 2.22 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  45. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 41
  46. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  47. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.72 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 2.38 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  52. 3.13 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 11
  53. 2.713 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.93 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.72 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  56. 2.6Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  57. 3.43 km SSW of Calumet, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 9
  58. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 3.3Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 10

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
  4. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000736b. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:59 AM UTC.