M2.6 earthquake 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 25, 2016, 8:12 AM CDT (13:12 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 1 km E of Luther, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-07-25 13:12:21 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.288° N, 97.512° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- 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
- 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.64 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.09 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.810 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 2.47 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.83 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
- 2.911 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 3.96 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 75
- 3.74 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
- 2.86 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 14
- 2.76 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
- 3.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 27
- 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 1.78 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.45 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 2.84 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 2.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.67 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.9Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.617 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 108
- 3.25 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 11
- 3.15 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
- 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 3.51 km WSW of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1,327
- 1.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
- 2.117 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 3.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 12
- 2.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
- 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
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