M2.9 earthquake 7 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 6, 2014, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC), 0 km (0 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-06 20:40:20 UTC
- Depth
- 0.3 km (0.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.753° N, 97.580° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 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, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- 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
- 2.93 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.54 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 1.87 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.66 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Deer Creek, OK · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km WNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.72 km S of Marland, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.211 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.57 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.15 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.26 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.612 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.61 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.512 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.69 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.18 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.92 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.74 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.22 km ESE of Amorita, OK · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.013 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 3.05 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 23
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.77 km NE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4311 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.70 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Danville, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 15
- 2.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.75 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.12 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.13 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4310 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.64 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.113 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.913 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.413 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4310 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.34 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
- 2.27 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.15 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.88 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 2.710 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.77 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 145
- 1.513 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
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