Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 18, 2016, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC), 7 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-18 16:15:10 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.411° N, 96.851° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
33

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 at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.2Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  2. 1.65 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 2.75 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.3Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 2.91 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  9. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.114 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.33 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.311 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  23. 3.21 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 18
  24. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  26. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 10
  31. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.80 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 2.86 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  35. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  38. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  39. 3.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
  40. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 2.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.19 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  43. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  44. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  46. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 18
  48. 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
  49. 2.04 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  50. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.07 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.68 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.62 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.713 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  59. 1.63 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  60. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.47 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.51 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.5Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 1.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006qp8. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:26 AM UTC.