Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 8, 2016, 11:23 AM CDT (16:23 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-08 16:23:26 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.410° N, 96.899° 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, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
38

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 192 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 192.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007ct0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:45 AM UTC.