M3.2 earthquake 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 9, 2017, 2:39 PM CST (20:39 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-09 20:39:59 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.703° N, 97.672° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 8
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Strike-slip
- Moment magnitude
- 3.2 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 248°, dip 80°, rake -165°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 155°, dip 75°, rake -10°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.7 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- 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: 193 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 7
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3536 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3536 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.83 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3535 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.15 km N of Harper, Kansas · 3534 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 12
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3529 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 8
- 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.89 km S of Milton, Kansas · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.99 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
The first 60 of 193.
Before
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3544 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
- 1.86 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3544 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007s68. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:34 AM UTC.