Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 13, 2016, 3:34 AM CDT (08:34 UTC), 7 km (4 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
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-03-13 08:34:06 UTC
Depth
6.7 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.280° N, 97.512° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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 0.7 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
52°
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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 179 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.46 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 2 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.37 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.45 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 2.61 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.63 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.35 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.15 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  14. 1.710 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.55 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.19 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.911 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.36 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.94 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 3.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 2.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  25. 3.18 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.57 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  27. 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.67 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 2.96 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.56 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 3.48 km WNW of Perkins, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  36. 1.63 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 3.37 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 3.17 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 2.54 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  42. 3.13 km S of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.02 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.46 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  45. 2.6Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7
  46. 2.60 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
  47. 2.10 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.69 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 2.66 km NW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 3.15 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3843 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  56. 2.0Kansas · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.04 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3842 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.26 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3841 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3854 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
  5. 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.13 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5
  7. 3.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3856 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.611 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3857 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3858 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.03 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3858 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.917 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 3.09 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3859 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004x6b. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 2:58 PM UTC.