Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 6, 2016, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC), 5 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-07 03:11:55 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.422° N, 96.909° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
66°
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 169 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.78 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.66 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.89 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.63 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.45 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.84 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  11. 2.98 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.210 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 2.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.911 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.0Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 1.9Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  22. 2.617 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  23. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 108
  24. 3.25 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 11
  25. 3.15 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  26. 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  28. 1.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  30. 2.117 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  32. 3.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 12
  33. 2.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.1Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 9
  35. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  36. 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 1.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  39. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 3.211 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  42. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  43. 2.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  44. 1.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  46. 2.86 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  48. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 2.0Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.411 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  53. 3.08 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.410 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  58. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  59. 2.60 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 27
  2. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 14
  3. 2.65 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.76 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.911 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  8. 2.83 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 1.810 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.09 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.64 km S of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 3.19 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 1.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 26
  18. 1.811 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 13 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 2.76 km SSE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006ml8. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.