M2.6 earthquake 4 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Sun, Apr 12, 2015, 9:26 AM CDT (14:26 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km NNW of Hunter, 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
- 2015-04-12 14:26:00 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.716° N, 98.457° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 121°
- 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
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.77 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.65 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.86 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.24 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 5
- 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.33 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.24 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.08 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.25 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 1.84 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.38 km NNW of Sun City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
- 1.99 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.06 km NNW of Sun City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 274
- 2.57 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.60 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 15
- 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.24 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.912 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.912 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.03 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 3.08 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.57 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.58 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.83 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.57 km S of Meno, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4136 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.52 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4136 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.72 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4135 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
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