M3.0 earthquake 7 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 7 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Tue, May 26, 2015, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km SSE of Byron, 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
- 2015-05-26 17:30:44 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.247° N, 97.532° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 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 1.6 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- 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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.14 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.18 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
- 2.52 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 11
- 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.17 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.83 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.010 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4142 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 9
- 3.59 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 37
- 2.75 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.57 km S of Meno, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.52 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.53 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4141 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4141 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.72 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.3Oklahoma · 4140 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 3.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
- 1.85 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4139 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.54 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.2Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.55 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4139 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4138 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.211 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.04 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4138 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.14 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4138 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 3.17 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4137 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 15
- 3.53 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.33 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
- 2.54 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 4137 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4137 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 1.74 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4137 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.06 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.05 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4136 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 3.03 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4143 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4143 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.53 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.210 km S of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 1.912 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.35 km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
- 2.76 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 8
- 2.912 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.24 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4144 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.2Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4145 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4145 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002c9a. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC.