M2.6 earthquake 5 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 4, 2014, 9:00 PM CST (03:00 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-05 03:00:24 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.674° N, 97.614° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.9 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.513 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.77 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 145
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.710 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 2.88 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.25 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.27 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.34 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.97 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.54 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
- 1.87 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.66 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 98
- 2.57 km SSW of Deer Creek, OK · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km WNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.72 km S of Marland, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.57 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 2.15 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.26 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.612 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.61 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.38 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.69 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.18 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.3Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.15 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.74 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.57 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.45 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.15 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 3.010 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 20
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.53 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.53 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.26 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t3wr. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:23 AM UTC.