M2.7 earthquake 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 13, 2015, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-14 00:49:29 UTC
- Depth
- 5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.280° N, 97.510° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- 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
- 2.79 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.811 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.78 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3981 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.412 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 36
- 3.26 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 1.89 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.75 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Marland, Oklahoma · 3980 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.612 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3980 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
- 3.52 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
- 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.93 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3979 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.410 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.93 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3978 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3978 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3978 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3978 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.51 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.410 km WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
- 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 2.111 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.97 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 414
- 2.89 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.77 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 10
- 3.07 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.710 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.35 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3977 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3977 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.17 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.56 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.26 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3976 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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