Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 3 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-07-28 08:11:57 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.287° N, 97.516° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
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?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak 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 1.6 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
86°
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. 2.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.34 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 10
  3. 1.73 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.7Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.85 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 2.310 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.78 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.57 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.51 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.17 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 2.57 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.62 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.54 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.87 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4079 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.713 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.52 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.512 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.76 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 2.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.23 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.7Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 2.62 km SSW of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.69 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.34 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.85 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  29. 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.97 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 2.53 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.910 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
  33. 3.311 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 8
  34. 1.67 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  35. 2.66 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  36. 2.39 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.611 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.35 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 12
  39. 1.67 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 2.610 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  41. 2.52 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.6Kansas · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.67 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  44. 2.74 km ENE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.75 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  49. 1.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.78 km SW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 2.58 km SW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  53. 2.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 3.47 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.92 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 3.08 km SW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 0 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.08 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.112 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 3.44 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.91 km ENE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 21
  2. 2.67 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 4.14 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 318
  4. 3.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 18
  5. 2.67 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.53 km NNE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.87 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 22
  10. 3.04 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 4.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 3,771
  12. 3.85 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 76
  13. 3.44 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 3.05 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.51 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  20. 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200030r9. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC.