M3.0 earthquake 9 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 8, 2015, 8:14 PM CST (02:14 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-09 02:14:05 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.761° N, 97.610° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 5.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 57°
- 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
- 2.87 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 7
- 2.0Kansas · 3910 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
- 3.07 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 2.33 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.15 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.13 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.64 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3910 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.74 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3909 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 1.64 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3908 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3908 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.17 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 3908 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 1.60 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3908 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.05 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3907 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3907 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3906 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.63 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3906 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.07 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
- 2.06 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3905 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3905 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.86 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.52 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3904 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.07 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.36 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3904 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.56 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3904 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.45 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 3.512 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 14
- 3.312 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 3.111 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
- 3.06 km NNE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3903 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3902 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.86 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.19 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.57 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
- 3.313 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 14
- 2.96 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, KS · 3901 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 4.1Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 27
- 3.08 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 13
- 2.26 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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