M2.7 earthquake 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 7 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-09-30 07:26:00 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.696° N, 97.671° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.27
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 163 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.71 km NW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.810 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2186 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2185 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2184 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.510 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2184 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2183 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.70 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2182 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2181 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2180 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2179 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2177 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.53 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.26 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.8Oklahoma · 2175 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 1.79 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.73 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2174 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.58 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2173 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.910 km SW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.52 km WSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.65 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2172 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 1.87 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2171 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.86 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.23 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2169 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
The first 60 of 163.
Before
- 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2190 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.1Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.03 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2191 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2192 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.711 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.913 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2193 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
- 2.46 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.15 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2194 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.710 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2195 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2195 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2197 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020tfjb (also filed as us6000c31r). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC.