M3.3 earthquake 5 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 6:03 AM CST (12:03 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 7 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-19 12:03:10 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.656° N, 98.468° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 45
- 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?
45 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 3.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 325°, dip 85°, rake -15°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 56°, dip 75°, rake -175°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.2 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 98°
- 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
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 2.520 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.713 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
- 3.02 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Sun City, Kansas · 3926 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3926 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3926 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3925 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.57 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3923 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.69 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3922 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 12
- 3.08 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 16 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 11
- 3.77 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
- 1.95 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3920 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.37 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 2.2Kansas · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.27 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of 200.
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