Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 2 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 2 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 29, 2017, 5:42 AM CDT (10:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-03-29 10:42:55 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.702° N, 98.429° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
74°
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: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 257
  2. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.78 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3463 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 2.80 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.512 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.81 km ESE of Medicine Lodge, Kansas · 3460 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.28 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  10. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3459 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.72 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  18. 2.56 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 3.35 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 2.09 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3457 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  22. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3456 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 3.29 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  26. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.715 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.42 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  36. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 6
  37. 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  39. 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  40. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.911 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  43. 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 2.011 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.83 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.26 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  48. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 9
  49. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3449 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.52 km SW of Waldron, Kansas · 3447 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 1.52 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  54. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  60. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 166.

Before

  1. 2.63 km S of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.715 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 3.015 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.48 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3466 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.513 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.94 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.58 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3467 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3468 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 64
  13. 2.53 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 3.04 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 3.14 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  17. 3.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 13
  18. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  19. 3.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3469 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.92 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3470 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008vkk. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:45 AM UTC.