Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 9 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 9 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 5, 2016, 4:15 PM CDT (21:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-05 21:15:46 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.356° N, 97.431° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
42°
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and 191 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 11 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 2.64 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.09 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.810 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.47 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.83 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 6
  11. 2.911 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  12. 3.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 75
  13. 3.74 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 3.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.86 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.65 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 14
  20. 2.76 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 8
  21. 3.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 27
  22. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.78 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.89 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 2.45 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.84 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
  34. 2.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  37. 2.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  40. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  41. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  42. 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 2.0Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  44. 1.9Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.617 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  46. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 108
  47. 3.25 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
  48. 3.15 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  51. 3.51 km WSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1,327
  52. 1.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  54. 2.117 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  55. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  56. 3.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 12
  57. 2.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  58. 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  59. 3.1Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 9
  60. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.76 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  2. 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 26
  5. 1.811 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.76 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.66 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3678 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 2.714 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.916 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 2.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
  13. 3.16 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 19
  14. 2.87 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 7
  15. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.811 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  17. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 12
  18. 3.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 25
  19. 2.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 10
  20. 1.97 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006kp6. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:03 AM UTC.