Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 7:18 AM CDT (12:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-07 12:18:56 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.421° N, 96.891° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
18

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

  1. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.80 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 2.86 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  5. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3652 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.19 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 18
  18. 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
  19. 2.04 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.07 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.68 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 2.62 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 2.713 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  29. 1.63 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.44 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.1Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  33. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 2.0Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 3.08 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7
  36. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.25 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  38. 1.616 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 2.215 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.48 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  41. 2.08 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  42. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 1.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  44. 3.110 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 6
  45. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 2.37 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  49. 2.74 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.89 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  51. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.98 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 1.713 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  54. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 2.98 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
  57. 1.75 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  58. 2.78 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 1.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  60. 2.25 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 14

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