Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 8 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Tue, Oct 18, 2016, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 2 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-18 14:40:50 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.412° N, 96.835° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
114°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  4. 1.6Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  8. 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 3.41 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 3.0Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 2.65 km NW of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 2.512 km N of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  19. 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  20. 3.32 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  23. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  24. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.116 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  26. 3.63 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
  27. 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  28. 2.7Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  29. 3.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.414 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  31. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  39. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  42. 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 41
  43. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 7
  45. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  46. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  47. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 11
  48. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.41 km SSW of Wellston, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.92 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3612 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  52. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  53. 4.47 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3,256
  54. 2.65 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  55. 2.76 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 2.66 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  57. 2.86 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 14
  58. 2.95 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  59. 2.72 km NW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
  60. 2.67 km NNE of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  3. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 115
  4. 1.96 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  5. 3.010 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.79 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.6Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.214 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 2.114 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  18. 1.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.57 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.29 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007f28. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.