Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 3 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 16, 2014, 1:21 AM CDT (06:21 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 6 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-10-16 06:21:15 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.253° N, 97.486° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
58°
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. 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4369 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.510 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.510 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 1.513 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4368 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.64 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.69 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.8Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 2.510 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.89 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.710 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.69 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.610 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.69 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.04 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4367 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.53 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 3.310 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.5Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 2.83 km SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 15
  23. 2.45 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4366 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4366 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.46 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4366 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 9
  26. 3.05 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4366 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  27. 3.0Oklahoma · 4366 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
  28. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4365 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4365 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  30. 1.80 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4365 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.913 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4365 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 2.63 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4365 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.212 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4365 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 2.76 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4365 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 3.16 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4364 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 3.02 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.84 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.93 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.86 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 2.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4364 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.52 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 2.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4364 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  44. 3.38 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  45. 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4364 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.69 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  47. 1.96 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4364 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  48. 2.39 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.56 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4364 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4364 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  51. 3.08 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.74 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 2.56 km SSW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 2.66 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.54 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 3.04 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4363 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  57. 1.75 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4363 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  58. 2.55 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4363 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4363 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  60. 2.14 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4363 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.62 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 4369 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.513 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4369 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 1.713 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4369 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4369 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.99 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 3.02 km N of Covington, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.71 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4369 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.97 km NNW of Luther, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 3.19 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 3.39 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 3.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  15. 3.32 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.52 km W of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 3.03 km WSW of Nicoma Park, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 12
  18. 2.77 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.63 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 13 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away

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