M3.5 earthquake 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 2, 2017, 1:44 PM CST (19:44 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-02 19:44:23 UTC
- Depth
- 3.0 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.420° N, 96.919° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 9
- 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

Did you feel it?
9 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 22°
- 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: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
- 2.511 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.58 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.711 km SSW of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 50
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 13
- 2.86 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 7
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
- 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 29
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.810 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
- 2.85 km N of Maramec, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 12
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.34 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3525 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3524 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3523 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.99 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3523 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 4
- 2.710 km NNE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
- 3.01 km SSE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3522 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3521 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3519 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3518 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
The first 60 of 104.
Before
- 2.712 km NNE of Ripley, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 10
- 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
- 2.57 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 9
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 9
- 2.66 km NE of Agra, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 34
- 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 19
- 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007pbb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:15 AM UTC.