Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 4 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Fri, Nov 20, 2015, 6:07 AM CST (12:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-11-20 12:07:45 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.655° N, 98.465° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.3 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
188°, poorly surrounded by stations
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

  1. 3.314 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.614 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.69 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.47 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  5. 4.111 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 308
  6. 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
  9. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 3.44 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.53 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.911 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.87 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.912 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.94 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.74 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.58 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.62 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  26. 1.67 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 1.52 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  30. 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.68 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.05 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.5Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 2.77 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 2.715 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  38. 2.85 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.21 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.611 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.212 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  44. 3.25 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  45. 1.89 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 411
  47. 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 3.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 13
  49. 3.39 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
  50. 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  51. 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 3.09 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 2.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.57 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 4.17 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 20
  56. 2.06 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.77 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 2.53 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 2.812 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  60. 1.66 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 3.55 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.62 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 2.54 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.414 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
  6. 3.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 8
  7. 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.512 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.54 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.65 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 10
  13. 2.95 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 17
  14. 3.35 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 45
  15. 2.54 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.825 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 12
  18. 2.64 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 13
  19. 4.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5,355
  20. 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003zt3. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:16 AM UTC.