M2.6 earthquake 3 km W of Braman, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km W of Braman, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 17, 2016, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-09-17 21:44:14 UTC
- Depth
- 7.1 km (4.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.925° N, 97.371° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 134°
- 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
- 3.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.411 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3638 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.62 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.712 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.37 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.911 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3637 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.811 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 3.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 23
- 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
- 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 34
- 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3629 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3627 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.25 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3627 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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