M2.9 earthquake 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Wed, Jul 22, 2015, 6:25 AM CDT (11:25 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 6 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-22 11:25:48 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.285° N, 97.512° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 0.6 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- 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
- 2.94 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4038 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.46 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 4038 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.55 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.53 km W of Marland, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.64 km W of Marland, Oklahoma · 4037 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.611 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4037 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.15 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4037 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.510 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 2.512 km SSE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.76 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4036 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4036 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.95 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.73 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.53 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.612 km NW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.17 km SE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4032 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.510 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 17
- 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4031 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.110 km NW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.43 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 10
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002z6k. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC.