M2.6 earthquake 3 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Thu, May 21, 2015, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km W of Nescatunga, 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
- 2015-05-21 22:59:48 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.697° N, 98.457° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 119°
- 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
- 1.97 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.56 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4107 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4107 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.06 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 3.19 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.96 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.42 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.65 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.09 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.14 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.95 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.15 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.65 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.92 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.45 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.78 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.79 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.11 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4104 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.54 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.51 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.41 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.61 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 4102 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.94 km W of Anthony, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.02 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.112 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.85 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4101 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.56 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4101 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4101 days ago · 0 km deep · 47 km away
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