Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 7 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 5, 2016, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-11-06 03:20:43 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.251° N, 97.220° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
41
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?

41 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate 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
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 285°, dip 80°, rake 45°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 185°, dip 46°, rake 166°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
25°
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: 156 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 39
  3. 5.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 11,428
  4. 2.51 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.02 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 469
  6. 2.62 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 107
  7. 3.01 km ENE of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 31
  8. 2.52 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
  9. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 12
  11. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  12. 2.22 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  13. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 41
  14. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.72 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.38 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  20. 3.13 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 11
  21. 2.713 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.6Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 3.3Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 10
  26. 2.51 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.63 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  30. 3.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 7
  31. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  33. 2.63 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  35. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
  36. 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  39. 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 2.66 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 3.05 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 24
  45. 2.73 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  49. 2.79 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  50. 2.55 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 2.85 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 6
  52. 2.45 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  55. 2.61 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 2.53 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3593 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.23 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3593 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.62 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  59. 3.52 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3592 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 53
  60. 3.09 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3591 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away

The first 60 of 156.

Before

  1. 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  3. 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 18
  4. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 11
  5. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3610 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  10. 2.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.67 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.72 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.95 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.86 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 14
  15. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 4.47 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3,256
  19. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100074ec. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.