M2.5 earthquake 7 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 25, 2015, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 8 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-26 00:43:15 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.754° N, 97.572° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 63°
- 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
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 11 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.811 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.48 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
- 2.57 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.77 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.07 km E of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 2.82 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.83 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 3.26 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 8
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3891 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.811 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.59 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 72
- 2.611 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.69 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.71 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
- 2.510 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.67 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3887 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.51 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
- 2.510 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.610 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.01 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 12
- 2.410 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3886 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 2.713 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3885 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.58 km S of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3885 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3885 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3884 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.29 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3884 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 200.
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