M3.2 earthquake 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma on Thu, Apr 13, 2017, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 7 km NNW of Orlando, 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
- 2017-04-13 10:36:27 UTC
- Depth
- 9.9 km (6.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.702° N, 97.671° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 9
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light 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
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
9 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 245°, dip 85°, rake -175°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 155°, dip 85°, rake -5°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 1.5 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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3449 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3448 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 3.57 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 12
- 2.52 km SW of Waldron, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.17 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.52 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3446 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.78 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.17 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.47 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3441 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.87 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.64 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.33 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 7
- 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.06 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 15
- 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3432 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 15
- 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
The first 60 of 177.
Before
- 1.83 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3450 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.07 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3450 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.011 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3451 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.911 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.51 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.612 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3452 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
- 2.810 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 278
- 1.92 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3453 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.42 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
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