M2.7 earthquake 8 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 8 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 21, 2015, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km SE of Guthrie, 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
- 2015-11-21 17:59:45 UTC
- Depth
- 3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.301° N, 96.881° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 60°
- 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
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.618 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 3.19 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.00 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 6
- 2.84 km ESE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.98 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.81 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.36 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3938 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 3.10 km NNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3937 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.45 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 6
- 2.63 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3936 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.77 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 7
- 2.510 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.53 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.29 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 3.29 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.88 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.48 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
- 2.57 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.53 km NNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.13 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 3.72 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 26
- 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.46 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 6
- 2.73 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.33 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 3.210 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
- 1.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 2 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.51 km NNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.46 km NNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 5
- 2.14 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 3.04 km SW of Marland, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.80 km N of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 3.58 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 26
- 3.02 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.76 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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