Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 4 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 22, 2015, 2:12 AM CST (08:12 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-11-22 08:12:32 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.660° N, 98.459° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 6.6 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

  1. 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.05 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.5Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.77 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 2.715 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.85 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.21 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.611 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.212 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3960 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.25 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.89 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3960 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 411
  15. 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 3.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 13
  17. 3.39 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
  18. 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 3.09 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 2.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.57 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  23. 4.17 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 20
  24. 2.06 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3959 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.77 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.53 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 2.812 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  28. 1.66 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.87 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 2.23 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3958 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.83 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3958 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.64 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 3.112 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  36. 3.13 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  37. 3.03 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  39. 2.66 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  40. 3.03 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  41. 3.211 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, KS · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 1.90 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 2.94 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.5Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  50. 2.6Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  51. 2.610 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  53. 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  55. 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  57. 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  58. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 2.73 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 2.62 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.68 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  3. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away
  5. 1.52 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.67 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.62 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 2.58 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.74 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.94 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.912 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.87 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.911 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.53 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100040ai. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:57 PM UTC.