M2.2 earthquake 5 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 14, 2016, 3:01 PM CDT (20:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-14 20:01:35 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.308° N, 97.495° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 36
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
- 3.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 3.74 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3820 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.86 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.13 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 4.21 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3820 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 197
- 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.71 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 3.110 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.23 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.12 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.83 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.81 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 2.02 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
- 3.05 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3819 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km NNE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.17 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 14
- 2.212 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
- 3.010 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km S of Braman, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 32
- 2.62 km NE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.61 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.112 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3816 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3816 days ago · 14 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3815 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.89 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 3.51 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 3.08 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.59 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 3813 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3813 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.16 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3812 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.84 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3811 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.17 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004xjy. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:04 AM UTC.