M2.8 earthquake 1 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 1 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 22, 2015, 8:07 AM CST (14:07 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 6 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-22 14:07:18 UTC
- Depth
- 2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.328° N, 96.793° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Haysville, Kansas.
From the USGS event page for us100040bm. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 65°
- 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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 108 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 10
- 2.44 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.1Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.10 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3965 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.87 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.13 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 3.03 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
- 2.610 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 38
- 3.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 35
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.01 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 4
- 2.85 km NE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 22
- 3.47 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
- 2.98 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
- 2.79 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.618 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.88 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 3.19 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.00 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
- 2.84 km ESE of Tryon, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.98 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.81 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.36 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.73 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.10 km NNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.45 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
- 2.63 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.77 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
- 2.510 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
The first 60 of at least 199.
Before
- 2.93 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.78 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.34 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 2.72 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
- 3.79 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 53
- 3.29 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 23
- 2.610 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.64 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.55 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
- 2.83 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.43 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 7
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 3.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.77 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
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