M2.5 earthquake 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 18, 2016, 9:37 PM CDT (02:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 3 km ESE of Byron, 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
- 2016-09-19 02:37:55 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.285° N, 97.510° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 27°
- 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
- 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.94 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 34
- 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km W of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3627 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3627 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 115
- 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
- 1.6Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.41 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 5
- 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of 200.
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