Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Mon, May 23, 2016, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 1 km N of Jones, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-23 14:54:37 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.285° N, 97.513° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 7.4 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. 3.31 km N of Jones, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 29
  2. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 22
  4. 3.27 km W of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.77 km W of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.55 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 2.55 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 3.24 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 18
  13. 2.42 km E of Choctaw, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.72 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.9Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.913 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.77 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 3.36 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  21. 3.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3756 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.84 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3756 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.57 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 2.110 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3755 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  26. 2.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.79 km E of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 3.12 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  29. 3.02 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.5Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.47 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.07 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.15 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.55 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.75 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 2.71 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 2.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3751 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 2.97 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.17 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.12 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 3.02 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.77 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  44. 2.95 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.86 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  46. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 3.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 14
  49. 2.65 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 2.65 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3748 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  51. 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3748 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  52. 3.24 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3748 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 2.75 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3748 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 3.66 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  55. 3.37 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  56. 2.64 km NE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.62 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  59. 2.77 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3745 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005jbj. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.