Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 1 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma on Tue, Apr 17, 2018, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-17 17:17:14 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.699° N, 98.430° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
80°
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: 92 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.95 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 2.814 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 1.77 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 7
  7. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  8. 3.16 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  9. 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  11. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3076 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 13
  17. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  28. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 1.94 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3070 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  33. 2.87 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 9
  34. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  35. 3.05 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  38. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3068 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 2.88 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 1 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.814 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 2.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  46. 2.414 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3064 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  47. 2.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3064 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 1.79 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3060 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  51. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3057 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 3.09 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3057 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.57 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3057 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3056 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3055 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3055 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 2.84 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 92.

Before

  1. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3080 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  8. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
  13. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.823 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 15
  20. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2,651

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000e1r3. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC.