Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Wed, May 4, 2016, 9:24 AM CDT (14:24 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 2 km E of Luther, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-04 14:24:40 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.282° N, 97.517° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.9 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

  1. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.42 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 22
  3. 1.72 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.78 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 3.13 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 7
  10. 2.52 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.6Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.56 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  21. 2.27 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.87 km E of Cashion, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 2.37 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 3.27 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.97 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.17 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.03 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.13 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  40. 2.08 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 2.93 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 2.85 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 2.211 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.97 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.69 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  48. 3.34 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.75 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  51. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 2.61 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  55. 2.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 2.84 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 2.65 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.512 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 3.06 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3769 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 200.

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