Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 2, 2017, 1:16 AM CST (07:16 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-02 07:16:45 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (1.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.276° N, 97.511° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
6
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

6 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 1.0 km horizontally, 6.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
37°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 87 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.57 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3525 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 1.57 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.27 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.83 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  9. 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.63 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.23 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3522 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.93 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 3.412 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.84 km E of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3520 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.62 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3520 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  21. 1.75 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3520 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  22. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3520 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 3.02 km ESE of South Haven, Kansas · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  26. 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3517 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.71 km WSW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  30. 2.73 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3516 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  31. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  34. 2.6Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.32 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  36. 2.65 km NNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3513 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  39. 3.312 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 109
  40. 2.812 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.7Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
  43. 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  46. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  48. 2.63 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3507 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 8
  50. 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.72 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3505 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3504 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.712 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3504 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  58. 2.62 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3502 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  59. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  60. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 1.65 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  4. 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 6
  6. 2.813 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.53 km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.01 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 1.99 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3529 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
  18. 2.6Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.9Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 9

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