M3.0 earthquake 9 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 29, 2014, 2:30 AM CST (08:30 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
- 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-29 08:30:05 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.361° N, 97.451° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 1.5 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 55°
- 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
- 2.17 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.15 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.36 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 3.12 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4294 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4294 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 3.08 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.19 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.54 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 15
- 2.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 2.83 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 3.85 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.13 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4293 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4292 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4292 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.111 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 7
- 2.35 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.33 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
- 1.810 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.56 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.61 km N of Aline, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4290 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.06 km SSE of Byron, OK · 4289 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4289 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.97 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.94 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.611 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.95 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4295 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.64 km N of Billings, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.45 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.46 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.03 km S of Langston, Oklahoma · 4296 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4296 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
- 2.96 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4297 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4297 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.17 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 3.05 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4297 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
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