Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 13, 2015, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 12 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-08-13 09:15:25 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.282° N, 97.515° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
61°
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

  1. 3.410 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 23
  2. 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 3.110 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.35 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.63 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 3.313 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 30
  7. 1.66 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.35 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.810 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 4.16 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 0 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 152
  13. 2.96 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 3.05 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 8
  17. 2.97 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  18. 3.08 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.611 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 1.84 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.613 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.82 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 3.12 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  25. 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 3.34 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 2.713 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 3.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.64 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 5
  34. 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.512 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 2.64 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  39. 2.56 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 2.512 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 2.67 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 2.72 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.88 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  44. 3.33 km S of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  45. 3.66 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 38
  46. 3.56 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 3.3Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  48. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  49. 3.44 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.24 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.55 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  53. 2.54 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 1.811 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.92 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  58. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  59. 2.88 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.66 km NNE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
  2. 3.08 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.72 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
  4. 1.93 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.03 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.97 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.9Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 1.96 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.63 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.79 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.510 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.14 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.64 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.54 km N of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.84 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.22 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.77 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003229. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:56 AM UTC.