Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Mon, Jun 6, 2016, 1:52 PM CDT (18:52 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 13 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-06-06 18:52:16 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.427° N, 96.918° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
22
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

22 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 238°, dip 85°, rake 155°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 330°, dip 65°, rake 5°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.5 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
69°
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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.27 km W of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 3.05 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.77 km W of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 2.55 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.55 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.55 km ENE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  8. 2.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.24 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 18
  10. 2.72 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3758 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.9Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.913 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.77 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 3.36 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3757 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3756 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  16. 3.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3756 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.84 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3756 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.65 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 2.57 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3755 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.08 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.12 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3754 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  22. 3.02 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3753 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 2.47 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.07 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3752 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.71 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  26. 2.97 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3751 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.17 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  28. 3.02 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.77 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 2.95 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3750 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  31. 3.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 14
  32. 2.65 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3749 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 2.65 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3748 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 3.24 km S of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  35. 2.75 km NNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 2.64 km NE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3747 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  37. 2.62 km N of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 3.04 km SSE of Braman, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  39. 2.77 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3746 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  40. 2.72 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3745 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  41. 2.512 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 2.57 km ESE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3744 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  43. 2.47 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.48 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  45. 2.95 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.55 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3743 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3742 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.94 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  49. 2.54 km NNE of Jones, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 3.38 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  52. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3741 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 3.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3740 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  54. 3.08 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  55. 2.78 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3739 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 3.62 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 8
  57. 1.94 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  58. 2.74 km SW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  59. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3737 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 2.7Oklahoma · 3736 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away

The first 60 of 177.

Before

  1. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3759 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.55 km NW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.94 km SW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3760 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.24 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.25 km NNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.59 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 2.57 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3762 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.77 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3763 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.65 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
  13. 2.74 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.46 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.23 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.77 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3764 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.67 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 3.25 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3765 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200062d7. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 11:34 PM UTC.