M2.8 earthquake 7 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km SW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Jul 4, 2015, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 4 km NNE of Crescent, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-05 01:01:28 UTC
- Depth
- 4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.289° N, 96.865° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- 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
- 3.74 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 29
- 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km SSW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
- 3.25 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 2.96 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.44 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.85 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 76
- 4.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3,771
- 3.04 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.87 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 22
- 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
- 3.54 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 18
- 4.14 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 318
- 2.91 km ENE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 21
- 3.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
- 2.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 10
- 2.85 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.310 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.51 km SE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.713 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
- 2.52 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.23 km ENE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
- 2.62 km SSW of Ripley, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.85 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.59 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.910 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.311 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
- 2.66 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.39 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 3.35 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 12
- 2.67 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.75 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.78 km SW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 3.44 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.04 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 11
- 3.27 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.07 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.98 km WNW of Quay, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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