Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma on Tue, May 2, 2017, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 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
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-02 18:48:01 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.697° N, 97.672° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 8.6 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: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.53 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 3.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 14
  10. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 2.54 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  20. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 15
  22. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 2.88 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 10
  24. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  27. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  29. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  30. 4.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 142
  31. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  33. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3419 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3418 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 9
  40. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.66 km WNW of Harper, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 2.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 3.46 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
  47. 1.96 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  48. 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  51. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3410 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.06 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 2.26 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  56. 1.86 km ESE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  57. 2.06 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  59. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3407 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.610 km W of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 14 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 15
  3. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.34 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3432 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 15
  10. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.76 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3435 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.43 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008n5i. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:38 AM UTC.