M3.7 earthquake 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.7 earthquake struck 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Thu, Jun 11, 2015, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 5 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.7 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-11 23:31:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.283° N, 97.519° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 6
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 3.7 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 307°, dip 88°, rake 28°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 216°, dip 62°, rake 178°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- 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
- 3.28 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.73 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.710 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.24 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.95 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.38 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.31 km NE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.30 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 3.02 km WNW of McLoud, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
- 2.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.99 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.52 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 2.16 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 3.18 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.26 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 6
- 3.07 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km SE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.11 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 3.01 km W of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.74 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 29
- 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 10
- 1.78 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.25 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.97 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
- 2.96 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.27 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.51 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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Sources
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