Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 16, 2018, 7:20 AM CDT (12:20 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-16 12:20:48 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.278° N, 97.502° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
26°
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: 75 in the 60 days after this one and 38 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.53 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2990 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 3.15 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 207
  4. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 10
  8. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.15 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 20
  12. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.05 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.912 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  18. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 17
  19. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 124
  20. 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 3.07 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  22. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.98 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  31. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  33. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 17
  36. 2.38 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  37. 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  40. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2965 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 2.05 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.55 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  46. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2962 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2958 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2957 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 2.15 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  53. 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2954 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2953 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 2949 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
  59. 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 2.45 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of 75.

Before

  1. 2.12 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2992 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.65 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2992 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  3. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 2.34 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 3.15 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 3.45 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 40
  10. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2998 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 3.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2999 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
  12. 2.03 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.95 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 2.8Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  15. 3.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 6
  16. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 3.26 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 16
  20. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3006 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g653. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:43 AM UTC.