Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 5, 2017, 2:58 PM CDT (19:58 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 8 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-04-05 19:58:28 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.419° N, 96.914° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
46°
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: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.710 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3457 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 3.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 278
  3. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.02 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  6. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.76 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  9. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
  10. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.57 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 12
  12. 3.17 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3448 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.52 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3447 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.87 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.83 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.56 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  20. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 3.0Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  24. 3.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
  25. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3440 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 2.63 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.33 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.35 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 8
  31. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  32. 3.0Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 6
  33. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 15
  37. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 15
  42. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  45. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  46. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  53. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.7Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  55. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3425 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 15
  56. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  59. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  3. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.55 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 12
  5. 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.69 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  7. 2.35 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3460 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.15 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.75 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3461 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.812 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 2.80 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3462 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.29 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3464 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3465 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008equ. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 5:01 AM UTC.