M2.8 earthquake 3 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 24, 2016, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-25 00:12:32 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.712° N, 98.429° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.1 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- 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
- 3.010 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 32
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.112 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3816 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3816 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3816 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 14 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3814 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 3.51 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Kansas · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.16 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3812 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.113 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.84 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3811 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.62 km NNE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3807 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.08 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.61 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.3Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.92 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.614 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3804 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
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