Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 6 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 28, 2017, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-28 15:42:55 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.712° N, 97.624° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
56°
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: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3484 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  22. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
  23. 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.9Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  26. 2.916 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.614 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3482 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 1.85 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.714 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  44. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  46. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 3.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 6
  48. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 2.05 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 2.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.7Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.810 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 8
  56. 2.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3476 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3476 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.65 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3475 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 2.28 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.17 km NNE of Attica, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.66 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.37 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008myb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:53 AM UTC.