Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Tue, Mar 8, 2016, 11:00 PM CST (05:00 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-09 05:00:06 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.275° N, 97.508° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.29
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
49°
Stations used
66

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 190 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.03 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  6. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  9. 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3855 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.13 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  12. 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 6
  14. 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.46 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.37 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.61 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  25. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.35 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 3.15 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  31. 1.710 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.55 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.19 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.911 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 3.36 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.94 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 3.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 3.18 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 2.57 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 2.67 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 3.06 km WSW of Meeker, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.96 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  49. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  52. 2.56 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  53. 3.48 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  54. 1.63 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 3.37 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 3.17 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  57. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  59. 2.54 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 3.13 km S of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 3.09 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.75 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 3.78 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 12
  6. 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.42 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.87 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 2.97 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.03 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.63 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3860 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.97 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3861 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3861 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3861 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3862 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004w80. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.