Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 16, 2016, 7:48 PM CDT (00:48 UTC), 3 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
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-09-17 00:48:52 UTC
Depth
3.0 km (1.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.417° N, 96.901° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
73°
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 at least 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 3.05 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.63 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.06 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.52 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.56 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 1.5Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.51 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 2.47 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
  21. 1.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 3.2Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  23. 1.65 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  24. 2.75 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 2.3Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.91 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  30. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.114 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  33. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  35. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 2.33 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  40. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 2.311 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  43. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  44. 3.21 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 18
  45. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  48. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  50. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 10
  52. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  54. 2.80 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.86 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  56. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  57. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.213 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.015 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.910 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  7. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.59 km ENE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.78 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3666 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.95 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3667 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 61

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006qw4. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:43 PM UTC.