Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 9 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 2, 2017, 9:25 AM CST (15:25 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 9 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-01-02 15:25:35 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.397° N, 96.886° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 3.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
41°
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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 10
  2. 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
  4. 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
  5. 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 50
  11. 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 13
  12. 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 7
  13. 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  23. 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 7
  24. 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  25. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 29
  26. 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
  30. 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 12
  35. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  42. 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 8
  43. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
  48. 2.9Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  49. 2.6Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  50. 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  51. 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  52. 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 1.99 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  58. 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 6
  59. 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  60. 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 9
  4. 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 9
  10. 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 34
  13. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 19
  14. 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3557 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.610 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007p9h. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:31 AM UTC.