Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 9 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 14, 2016, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-14 19:41:06 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.411° N, 96.869° 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
Station coverage gap
40°
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: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  6. 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  11. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 115
  12. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  13. 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.6Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  21. 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 1 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 3.41 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  24. 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 3.0Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.65 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  30. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  32. 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  34. 3.32 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  35. 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  38. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.116 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  40. 3.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 10
  41. 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 2.7Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  43. 3.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.414 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  45. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  54. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 41
  57. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
  59. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 2.6Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  8. 1.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 2.111 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.46 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.213 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 3.214 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 1.94 km N of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.012 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.912 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007e79. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC.