Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 7:25 AM CDT (12:25 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-03 12:25:43 UTC
Depth
3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.440° N, 96.899° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
72°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 15
  2. 2.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.711 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 25
  7. 2.7Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 15 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.49 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.59 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  12. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.59 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.5Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 3.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 12
  18. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.1Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.99 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.411 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 117
  22. 1.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 18 km away
  23. 2.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
  24. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 2.114 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 1.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 19 km away
  28. 2.614 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 72
  29. 2.19 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 2.58 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  31. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 79
  32. 2.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 23
  33. 2.74 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.312 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 26
  35. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 13
  36. 3.0Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 46
  37. 2.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.815 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 40
  39. 2.67 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  40. 2.49 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 3.09 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 72
  42. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 35
  45. 1.78 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 2.94 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 31
  47. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 3.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 37
  49. 2.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  50. 3.26 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 35
  51. 1.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 3.24 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 64
  53. 2.73 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  54. 1.94 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  55. 1.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 2.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 1.911 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 2.81 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.55 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  60. 1.94 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 3.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 18
  4. 5.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 48,764
  5. 2.64 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 3.44 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 17
  7. 3.46 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 25
  8. 2.60 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 3.16 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.54 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.68 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 13
  18. 2.58 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.810 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3685 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away

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