M2.6 earthquake 3 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 19, 2015, 9:58 PM CST (03:58 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, 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
- 2015-11-20 03:58:30 UTC
- Depth
- 6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.663° N, 98.451° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people 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 3.5 km horizontally, 7.9 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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
- 3.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 8
- 3.414 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.62 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.55 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
- 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 3.314 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 2.614 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.69 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.47 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
- 4.111 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 308
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 8
- 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.44 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.911 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.87 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 2.912 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.05 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.77 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.715 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.85 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.21 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.212 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 3.25 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 1.89 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 411
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 13
- 3.39 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.09 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.512 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 10
- 2.95 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 17
- 3.35 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 45
- 2.54 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.825 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
- 2.64 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 13
- 4.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5,355
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.83 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 3.43 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
- 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.2Kansas · 3968 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003zqy. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:59 AM UTC.