M2.7 earthquake 1 km NNE of Pawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km NNE of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 5, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 3 km ENE of Morrison, 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
- 2014-09-05 21:30:28 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.348° N, 96.796° 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 IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.4 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.75 km NNW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4380 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.610 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4380 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.64 km WSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4380 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4379 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.23 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4379 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 8
- 2.713 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4379 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.46 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4378 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 26
- 3.15 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4378 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
- 3.27 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4378 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.46 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4377 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.77 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4377 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4377 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.97 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4377 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.412 km SE of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 4376 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.113 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4376 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
- 2.54 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4376 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.62 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4376 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 4.09 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4376 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 150
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4376 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4376 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
- 3.29 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 7
- 3.012 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.611 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Lake Aluma, Oklahoma · 4375 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 19
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4374 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.87 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4374 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.07 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4374 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
- 2.811 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4374 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.57 km N of Spencer, Oklahoma · 4373 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.86 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4373 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SSW of Covington, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.86 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.67 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4372 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.67 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.03 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4371 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
- 3.06 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
- 2.512 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4370 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.612 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4
- 2.710 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4369 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.55 km SW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.13 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 2.83 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.66 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.04 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 106
- 2.53 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.64 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.50 km W of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
- 3.20 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
- 2.61 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4368 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.70 km ESE of Fallis, Oklahoma · 4367 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 200.
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