Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 0 km NNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 0 km NNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 21, 2015, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC), 1 km (1 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
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-07-21 07:38:28 UTC
Depth
1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.281° N, 97.459° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
60°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.56 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  3. 3.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.6Kansas · 4086 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 3.1Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.03 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
  7. 3.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.76 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.83 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.5Kansas · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 3.28 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 2.97 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.68 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.73 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.710 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 2.58 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 3.24 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.77 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.88 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.75 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4085 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.56 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 2.95 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4085 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 3.31 km NE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 3.30 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 7
  31. 3.02 km WNW of McLoud, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4084 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.99 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  34. 2.52 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 4084 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.72 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4083 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 1.98 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4083 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  38. 2.16 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.18 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4083 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.52 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4083 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4083 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 3.26 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
  44. 3.07 km SSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.57 km SE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.11 km ENE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  47. 3.01 km W of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.61 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  49. 3.74 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 29
  50. 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  51. 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4082 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.63 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4082 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 3.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  55. 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  56. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 10
  57. 1.78 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 3.25 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  59. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.96 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 3.34 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  4. 2.69 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.76 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 44
  7. 3.4Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 3
  8. 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1,495
  9. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 2.95 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.57 km SW of Marland, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 2.81 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.12 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 2.86 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 2.53 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.08 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away

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