M2.1 earthquake 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 6:31 AM CST (12:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 7 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-16 12:31:08 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.700° N, 97.672° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.23
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- Stations used
- 95
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 31 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.72 km WNW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 1745 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1744 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.96 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1732 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1730 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1730 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 1728 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.13 km SE of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1728 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1727 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.111 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1726 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1726 days ago · 13 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 2.18 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1726 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NE of Argonia, Kansas · 1726 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
- 1.67 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1725 days ago · 25 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.612 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1725 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.62 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 1718 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1718 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1718 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1717 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.23 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1716 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 1.97 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1715 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1714 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1707 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.810 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1704 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.83 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1700 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.57 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1700 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 4,769
- 1.76 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1700 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 96
- 2.46 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1700 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 91
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1700 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1700 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1698 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.02 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1698 days ago · 23 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1696 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.3Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1694 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
- 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.95 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 1692 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1691 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1691 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.06 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1691 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.87 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1691 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
- 2.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1690 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
- 2.26 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1690 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1689 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.72 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1687 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
Before
- 2.14 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.911 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1747 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1750 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1751 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1751 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1753 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.84 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1753 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1753 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 1753 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1753 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1754 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
- 1.76 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1756 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1757 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1760 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1762 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1764 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 1.810 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
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