Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma on Thu, May 4, 2017, 10:01 AM CDT (15:01 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 7 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-04 15:01:57 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.284° N, 97.510° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
25°
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: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.211 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3427 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.48 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3425 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.310 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  13. 3.010 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.7Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 15
  17. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  22. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 7
  23. 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 13
  28. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  29. 3.21 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  30. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  31. 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  33. 3.26 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  34. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  35. 3.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
  36. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  39. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  40. 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.96 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  44. 3.36 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 9
  45. 1.99 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  46. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.39 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3409 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.79 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 3.19 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3406 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  51. 1.87 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  52. 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.59 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.04 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
  56. 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 53
  57. 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.38 km SE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3428 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 15
  9. 2.98 km SSE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.22 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.71 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 15
  17. 2.06 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3433 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 2.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  20. 2.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008pap. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.