Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-10-31 02:53:27 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.433° N, 96.909° 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, 2.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
51°
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: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 11
  2. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  3. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.41 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
  7. 4.47 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3,256
  8. 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 2.86 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 14
  12. 2.95 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 2.72 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
  14. 2.67 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.514 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 3.16 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.27 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.05 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 11
  22. 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 18
  23. 2.98 km SE of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.62 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  25. 3.47 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 41
  26. 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3607 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 3.09 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 39
  28. 5.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 11,428
  29. 2.51 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.02 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 469
  31. 2.62 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 107
  32. 2.52 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 6
  33. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 12
  35. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.22 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  37. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.72 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.38 km WSW of Yale, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  40. 2.94 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.13 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 11
  42. 2.713 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.6Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  44. 2.63 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 3.3Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
  46. 2.51 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.63 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  50. 3.33 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 7
  51. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 2.63 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
  55. 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 3.36 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
  57. 2.96 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.66 km N of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.57 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 2 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7
  3. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 41
  5. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.414 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 3.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.7Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 3.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007366. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:12 AM UTC.