Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 7:32 AM CDT (12:32 UTC), 6 km (3 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
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-03 12:32:02 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.415° N, 96.855° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
15
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

Felt at Oklahoma City.

From the USGS event page for us10006jy0. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.

Did you feel it?

15 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
69°
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 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.711 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 25
  6. 2.7Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 15 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 2.49 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.59 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.59 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.5Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 2.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 3.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 12
  17. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  18. 2.1Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.99 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.411 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 117
  21. 1.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 16 km away
  22. 2.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 9
  23. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  24. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 2.114 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 5 km away
  26. 1.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 13 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 2.614 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 72
  28. 2.19 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 2.58 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  30. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 79
  31. 2.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 23
  32. 2.74 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.312 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 26
  34. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 13
  35. 3.0Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 46
  36. 2.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  37. 2.815 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 40
  38. 2.67 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 2.49 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 3.09 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 72
  41. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  43. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 35
  44. 1.78 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  45. 2.94 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 31
  46. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  47. 3.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 37
  48. 2.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 3.26 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 35
  50. 1.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  51. 3.24 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 64
  52. 2.73 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  53. 1.94 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 1.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  56. 1.911 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 2.81 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 2.55 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  59. 1.94 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 2.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3679 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.69 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 18
  5. 5.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 48,764
  6. 2.64 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 3.44 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 17
  8. 3.46 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3680 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 25
  9. 2.60 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3681 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3682 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  13. 3.16 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3682 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.54 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  16. 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.68 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 3.34 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 13
  19. 2.58 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3683 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 3.18 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3684 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006jy0. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.