Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 7, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC), 3 km (2 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-07 22:30:33 UTC
Depth
2.7 km (1.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.410° N, 96.894° 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
±0.09
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
84°
Stations used
19

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. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.80 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.86 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 5
  4. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3651 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.19 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 18
  17. 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
  18. 2.04 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.07 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.68 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  22. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 2.62 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.713 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 1.63 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.44 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.1Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.0Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 3.08 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 7
  35. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 2.25 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
  37. 1.616 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 2.215 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.48 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  40. 2.08 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  42. 1.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  43. 3.110 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
  44. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  45. 2.37 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.74 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.89 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.98 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  52. 1.713 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  53. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.98 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
  56. 1.75 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  57. 2.78 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  58. 1.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 2.25 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 14
  60. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006my7. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC.