Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma on Sat, Apr 22, 2017, 9:54 AM CDT (14:54 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 3 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-04-22 14:54:51 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.704° N, 97.668° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
7
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
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
51°
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: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.56 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.06 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  4. 1.95 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.76 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.38 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  9. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  12. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 15
  23. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  25. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 15
  30. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  34. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  37. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  40. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 14
  41. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  42. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  48. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  51. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  52. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 15
  53. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.88 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 10
  55. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  57. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  58. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 142

The first 60 of 163.

Before

  1. 3.0Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.33 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.64 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
  5. 1.87 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3440 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.66 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3441 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  7. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  8. 3.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.47 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.17 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3442 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.78 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3443 days ago · 11 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.56 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  17. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3445 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away

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