Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 28, 2016, 9:54 PM CST (03:54 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 2 km E of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-02-29 03:54:59 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.286° N, 97.513° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 4.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
51°
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. 3.02 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.46 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  3. 2.6Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.60 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.10 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.69 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3836 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 3.15 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.0Kansas · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.26 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.91 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  22. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 3.01 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.5Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  26. 3.27 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 2.913 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  34. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 726
  35. 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 31
  37. 2.62 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.810 km WSW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  40. 2.85 km SE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 11
  41. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 2.513 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  43. 3.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  44. 2.64 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  47. 3.2Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.84 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 3.2Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 12
  50. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  51. 2.85 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.75 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.85 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.55 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 3.07 km NNE of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 3.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 19
  58. 2.311 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 3.33 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  60. 3.24 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 200.

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