Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 20, 2016, 8:00 AM CDT (13:00 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
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2016-09-20 13:00:26 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.407° N, 96.888° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.13
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
91°
Stations used
12

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. 2.311 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.71 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
  3. 3.21 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 18
  4. 2.114 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3662 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 1.611 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 10
  11. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.913 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3661 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.80 km ENE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.86 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 5
  15. 1.514 km NW of Pawnee, OK · 3660 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 2.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.55 km SSE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.014 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3660 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.19 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  23. 1.59 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 2.75 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  25. 1.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3659 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 18
  28. 2.35 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3658 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
  29. 2.04 km E of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  30. 1.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 2.07 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.68 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  34. 2.62 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  35. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.713 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 1.63 km E of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  41. 3.44 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3657 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.1Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.0Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 3.08 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7
  46. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 2.25 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
  48. 1.616 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 2.215 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.48 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  51. 2.08 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3656 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  53. 1.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 3.110 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 6
  55. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  56. 2.37 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  59. 2.74 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.89 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.33 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.314 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.74 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3663 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.613 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.614 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.114 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.91 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
  13. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.713 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.3Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.75 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 1.65 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 3.2Oklahoma · 3664 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3665 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006r1w. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 4:46 AM UTC.