Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 28, 2016, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 10 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-10-28 18:24:54 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.439° N, 96.892° 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, 1.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
45°
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: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.414 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 41
  14. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
  16. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 11
  19. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.41 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  23. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 7
  24. 4.47 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3,256
  25. 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 2.86 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 14
  29. 2.95 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 2.72 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 2.67 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  33. 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 7
  34. 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  35. 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 11
  39. 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 18
  40. 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  42. 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 41
  43. 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 39
  45. 5.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 11,428
  46. 2.51 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.02 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 469
  48. 2.62 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 107
  49. 2.52 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
  50. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 12
  52. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 2.22 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.72 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.38 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  57. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  58. 3.13 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 11
  59. 2.713 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.6Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 157.

Before

  1. 2.7Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 3.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 10
  4. 2.116 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  6. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 3.32 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  12. 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 2.65 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 3.0Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 3.41 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100072rr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.