Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 4 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma on Wed, Nov 2, 2016, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-11-02 14:13:27 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.717° N, 98.401° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.8 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
84°
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: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.57 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.89 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3609 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 11
  8. 2.94 km E of Milton, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.94 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3607 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.17 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 34
  11. 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 4.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 22
  13. 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 26
  15. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 9
  16. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 12
  18. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 41
  21. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  22. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  24. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  25. 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
  36. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  38. 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  39. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  40. 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  46. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  48. 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  51. 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  52. 2.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.61 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.52 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.82 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  59. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 2.86 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 11
  8. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  11. 1.8Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100073qn. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:05 AM UTC.