M3.4 earthquake 6 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 17, 2015, 8:35 PM CST (02:35 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-18 02:35:04 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.293° N, 97.519° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 6
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
6 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 0.8 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 53°
- 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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.73 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.33 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 3.210 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
- 2.87 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.36 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.46 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 2.14 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km SW of Marland, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.80 km N of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.713 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3935 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.58 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 26
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
- 3.02 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.312 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3934 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.912 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3934 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.76 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.26 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
- 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.57 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.07 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.27 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
- 2.85 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 2.614 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.47 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 41
- 2.66 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 182
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.72 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 26
- 1.57 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.97 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.13 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km NNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.57 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.48 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 2.88 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 3.212 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 3.38 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 3.12 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004820. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC.