Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 19, 2016, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC), 4 km (2 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-19 12:58:43 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.435° N, 96.905° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
71°
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.33 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.311 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.21 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 18
  12. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 10
  19. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.80 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 2.86 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
  23. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  29. 2.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.19 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  31. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  32. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 18
  36. 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
  37. 2.04 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 2.07 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.68 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.62 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3655 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  44. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 2.713 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 1.63 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.44 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.1Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 2.0Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 3.08 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 7
  54. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 2.25 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
  56. 1.616 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 2.215 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.48 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 2.08 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.114 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 2.91 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.3Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.75 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.65 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  11. 3.2Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  13. 2.47 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  14. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.51 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 1.5Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006qu1. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:32 PM UTC.