M2.6 earthquake 5 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Thu, May 21, 2015, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km NE of Renfrow, 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 20:54:50 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.652° N, 98.469° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- 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
- 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4108 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4108 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4108 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4108 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4108 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 4108 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.91 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4108 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.02 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4107 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.01 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.87 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.25 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4107 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.56 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 4
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.39 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4106 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 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 · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.19 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.96 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.42 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4106 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.36 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.99 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.09 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.14 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4105 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 3.56 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4104 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 1.92 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.66 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.78 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.79 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.11 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4104 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.12 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.54 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.32 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.51 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.64 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.41 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.61 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4103 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.88 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.5Kansas · 4102 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.94 km W of Anthony, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.02 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4102 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
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