M2.5 earthquake 8 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma on Thu, Apr 28, 2016, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 13 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-29 00:47:32 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.254° N, 97.369° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 41°
- 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
- 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.58 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.74 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.34 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.89 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.13 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.14 km SSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
- 2.311 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3786 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.112 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
- 3.07 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.77 km NNW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.77 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Jones, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 2.52 km SSW of Carney, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
- 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 22
- 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
- 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 7
- 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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