M3.1 earthquake 3 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 3 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 8, 2016, 11:08 AM CST (17:08 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-08 17:08:42 UTC
- Depth
- 3.6 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.711° N, 98.430° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 83°
- 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
- 2.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3867 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.82 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3867 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.91 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.910 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.05 km SE of Garber, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.717 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3866 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.911 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.9Kansas · 3865 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3865 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Bluff City, KS · 3864 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.63 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3864 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.018 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.85 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.65 km E of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3864 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.815 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.911 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.315 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.85 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 13 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
- 2.012 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 15 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3863 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3863 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.74 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3863 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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