M3.2 earthquake 8 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 23, 2015, 3:49 PM CST (21:49 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-23 21:49:00 UTC
- Depth
- 5.1 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.654° N, 97.639° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 11
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
11 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 7.9 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 199 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.63 km SE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 43
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 3.45 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
- 2.86 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.43 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
- 2.95 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.711 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 1.81 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.212 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.29 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 42
- 2.68 km WNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.24 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.43 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 3.28 km S of Covington, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.78 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.76 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.65 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7
- 2.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 4.25 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 120
- 2.64 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.27 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 8
- 2.65 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.89 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.59 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.113 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.17 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 5
- 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.89 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.78 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.66 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
- 2.49 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 4.23 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 282
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.510 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.411 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.89 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.92 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.09 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.38 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.43 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 28
- 1.82 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tir2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 4:04 AM UTC.