Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 3, 2016, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC), 9 km (6 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-04 04:07:03 UTC
Depth
9.4 km (5.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.415° N, 96.858° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 8.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
23

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 129 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.24 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 64
  2. 2.73 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.94 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 12 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.710 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.911 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.81 km SE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  8. 2.55 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.94 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
  10. 2.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.58 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 1.911 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.911 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 14 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 10
  16. 3.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 25
  17. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 12
  18. 2.811 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.87 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 7
  21. 3.16 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 19
  22. 2.39 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  23. 1.915 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 2.916 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.714 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  26. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.76 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  28. 1.811 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 13 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 26
  30. 1.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3676 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 3.19 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 11 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.64 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.09 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 1.810 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  38. 2.83 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 6
  40. 2.911 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3675 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.65 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14
  45. 3.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 27
  46. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.78 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  48. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 1.89 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  53. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3674 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.45 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.84 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 2.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.26 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 35
  2. 2.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 3.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 37
  4. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.94 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 31
  6. 1.78 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 11 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 35
  8. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 3.09 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 72
  11. 2.49 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.67 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 2.815 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 40
  14. 2.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 3.0Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 46
  16. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 13
  17. 2.312 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 26
  18. 2.74 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3677 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 23
  20. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3678 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 79

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006k8u. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 6:20 AM UTC.