Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Thu, May 18, 2017, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 15 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-19 00:18:58 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.697° N, 98.431° 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 3.4 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
80°
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: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.215 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.46 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
  5. 2.519 km WSW of Hardtner, Kansas · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.96 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.26 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  13. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3408 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 3.19 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  19. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.94 km NNE of Freeport, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 3.11 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  22. 2.51 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  23. 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  24. 2.25 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  25. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  28. 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  29. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 3.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 15
  34. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 3.21 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  40. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  44. 3.66 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
  45. 2.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 6
  48. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.63 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  50. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.41 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  54. 2.61 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3398 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 2.73 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.97 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.56 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 2.74 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away

The first 60 of 157.

Before

  1. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.66 km WNW of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 9
  5. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.83 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3418 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.52 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 2.72 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 142
  17. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 3.416 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  20. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008tns. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:15 AM UTC.