Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Fri, Jul 10, 2015, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-07-11 00:56:53 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.289° N, 97.517° 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
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USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.2 km horizontally, 6.4 km in depth
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 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.67 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 2.69 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.75 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.910 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  6. 3.78 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 42
  7. 2.51 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 3.12 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.27 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 12 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 1.86 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.33 km S of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.38 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.612 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 3.17 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.74 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.86 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 16 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 2.59 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.71 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 5
  23. 2.55 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.27 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  25. 1.94 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4091 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 3.411 km SE of Cashion, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 40
  27. 2.93 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  28. 3.27 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.53 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 2.38 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.64 km SE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.912 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  35. 1.86 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 3.44 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 13
  37. 2.85 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 2.85 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  39. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.612 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 1.67 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.712 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 2.67 km WSW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  45. 2.62 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 2.85 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.63 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.73 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.62 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  51. 2.87 km WSW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 2.59 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  53. 2.44 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  54. 2.85 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  56. 2.66 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.63 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.19 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.510 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  60. 2.84 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.83 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  2. 3.79 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 67
  3. 2.51 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.73 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.66 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 3.52 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  9. 1.93 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.90 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 2.64 km SW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.32 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.51 km ENE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.30 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.7Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.54 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  17. 2.53 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 3.04 km SW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 4095 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  19. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4095 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4096 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away

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