Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 10, 2016, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-10 07:31:23 UTC
Depth
2.3 km (1.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.423° N, 96.921° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.16
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
29

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 197 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.211 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  3. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 14
  5. 1.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.86 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  10. 2.0Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.411 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.08 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.410 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  20. 2.60 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 2.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 9
  25. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  26. 1.94 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  27. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 18
  29. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  30. 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  31. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  32. 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  33. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  34. 1.814 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  36. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 2.66 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.69 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 61
  40. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 1.95 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  42. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 1.78 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.59 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  50. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  53. 1.910 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  54. 2.015 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  2. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.1Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
  6. 2.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 12
  8. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.117 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.15 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  15. 3.25 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 11
  16. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 108
  17. 2.617 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.9Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 2.0Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 1.816 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006nk2. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC.