Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 30, 2016, 9:48 PM CDT (02:48 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-01 02:48:51 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.420° N, 96.846° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
21

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 199 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.98 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.28 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3649 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 9
  3. 1.75 km NNW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.78 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3648 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.25 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 14
  7. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 3.715 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 23
  9. 2.64 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 3.310 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 12
  11. 3.013 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.914 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  15. 3.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.313 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 2.86 km NNW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.411 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  19. 2.84 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  20. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3645 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 3.62 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  22. 2.710 km NE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
  23. 2.7Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  24. 1.712 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  25. 1.711 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  26. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.814 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  28. 2.37 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  30. 2.412 km NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.811 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
  32. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.67 km N of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  35. 3.511 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 23
  36. 1.812 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  37. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  39. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  41. 1.94 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 3.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 5
  44. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  52. 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  54. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  55. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  56. 2.6Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  57. 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  60. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 1.713 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 1.98 km WNW of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3650 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.89 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.74 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.64 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.37 km ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3651 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 3.110 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
  11. 1.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3652 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.08 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  14. 2.48 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.215 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.616 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3653 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  17. 2.25 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
  18. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 3.08 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.0Oklahoma · 3654 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10006uak. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:34 AM UTC.