Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 22, 2017, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 9 km S of Spivey, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-22 15:17:40 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.699° N, 98.430° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 7.5 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: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3285 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.38 km SE of Zenda, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  14. 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  22. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  23. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  24. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  25. 2.49 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3279 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.311 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.48 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  30. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  31. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3277 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.80 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3276 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  36. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  37. 3.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  41. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3273 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  43. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  44. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 6
  47. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  51. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 3.111 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  56. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 1.76 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3266 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  2. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.41 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 15 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3291 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3292 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000at3w. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.