Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 10, 2016, 12:26 PM CDT (17:26 UTC), 6 km (4 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
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-10 17:26:45 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.426° N, 96.906° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
69°
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 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 14
  2. 1.512 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.91 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.86 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.76 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 2.0Oklahoma · 3670 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.411 km WNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.08 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.66 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.410 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.68 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.60 km E of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3669 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.57 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 9
  22. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  23. 1.94 km ENE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  25. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 18
  26. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  27. 3.07 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  28. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 3.37 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3668 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  30. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3668 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  31. 1.814 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  33. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 2.66 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  35. 2.69 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  36. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 61
  37. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 1.95 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  39. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.78 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 2.59 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  49. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  50. 1.910 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 2.015 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  54. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  59. 1.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  60. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.211 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  2. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.84 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.913 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 3.1Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 9
  9. 2.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3671 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  10. 3.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 12
  11. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.117 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.75 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  14. 1.712 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 3.011 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.15 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  18. 3.25 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 11
  19. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3672 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 108
  20. 2.617 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3673 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2

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