Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 6 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 19, 2017, 2:12 AM CST (08:12 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 10 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-11-19 08:12:50 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.670° N, 97.393° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
362
Strongest shaking
IV, light 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
IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration
582.0% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.8 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

362 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was VI, strong 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
3.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 186°, dip 82°, rake 175°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 276°, dip 85°, rake 8°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.05
Station coverage gap
50°
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: 115 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 3.05 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 16
  3. 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.16 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 35
  5. 3.28 km SE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 8
  6. 3.02 km E of Bradley, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 15
  7. 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.715 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 16
  10. 2.715 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.66 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 16
  12. 2.93 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
  13. 2.53 km NW of Shawnee, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 11
  14. 2.616 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 2.5Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.34 km NNW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.36 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 52
  18. 2.89 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.16 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  21. 1.96 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 2.89 km NNW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3224 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.414 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.59 km NNW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
  25. 2.13 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.32 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.511 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 3.46 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 13
  29. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.75 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 115
  31. 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  32. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  33. 2.83 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.9Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.511 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  36. 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 10 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.26 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 12
  38. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.59 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.63 km NNE of Dale, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 8
  43. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  44. 3.13 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 10
  45. 2.53 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 2.63 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.15 km SSW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  49. 2.54 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  50. 2.56 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 2.513 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 4.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 887
  53. 2.510 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 1.910 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
  55. 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.93 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 5
  57. 3.29 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.614 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3210 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  60. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3209 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 115.

Before

  1. 2.86 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 39
  2. 2.41 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 24
  3. 2.77 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.60 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.31 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.60 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 14
  7. 2.02 km W of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.50 km NW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.90 km NNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 49
  10. 2.41 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.20 km WNW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.30 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 15
  13. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  14. 3.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 17
  15. 2.70 km N of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 20
  16. 2.25 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.00 km WSW of Bridge Creek, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.75 km S of Dover, OK · 3243 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
  20. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000brah. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.