M3.6 earthquake 3 km SE of Lahoma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 3 km SE of Lahoma, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 23, 2015, 8:23 PM CST (02:23 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (mb_lg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-24 02:23:24 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.367° N, 98.057° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 43
- 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
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
43 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.7 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.12 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.61 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.11 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.310 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.32 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.710 km S of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.57 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.18 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 8
- 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.12 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.86 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.76 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.76 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.68 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 2.66 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.69 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 17
- 2.81 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.24 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
- 3.03 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.66 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.96 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.43 km SSE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.110 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.29 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
- 2.76 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.36 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 3.95 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 44
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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