Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 16, 2016, 4:18 PM CST (22:18 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 2 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-01-16 22:18:21 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.751° N, 97.575° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
64°
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

  1. 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.54 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.76 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 3.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
  6. 1.92 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.510 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.85 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.68 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.712 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.72 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 2.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.710 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 28
  15. 2.54 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.59 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 1.53 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.56 km SE of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.611 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.76 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  22. 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3875 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  23. 2.02 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3875 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.67 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.75 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.25 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 3.19 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 6
  28. 3.26 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.4Kansas · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 3.54 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 27
  31. 2.910 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 6
  32. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  33. 2.52 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 3 km deep · 18 km away
  34. 2.97 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.79 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.69 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  38. 2.6Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  39. 2.69 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.84 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.57 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  42. 1.710 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3872 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 3.3Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  44. 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  45. 2.57 km WSW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 1.52 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 2.15 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.511 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3871 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 2.65 km NNE of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.97 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 1.82 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3870 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  53. 2.89 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3870 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  54. 1.611 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3870 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  55. 2.914 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.94 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 2.67 km WSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3869 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.93 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3868 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 2.71 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3868 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 200.

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