Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 17, 2017, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 9 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-04-18 04:36:28 UTC
Depth
4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.431° N, 96.909° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
51°
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: 108 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.56 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3445 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.51 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3444 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3443 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3442 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 3.0Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  8. 3.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3441 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
  9. 2.65 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.910 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3439 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.63 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3439 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 3.04 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.33 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3438 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 2.35 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
  16. 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3437 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.0Oklahoma · 3436 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  18. 2.51 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 2.12 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.55 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3435 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 3.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 15
  22. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3434 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.79 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3433 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.98 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3432 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 15
  27. 2.610 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3431 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3430 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 2.69 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  33. 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  34. 3.17 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3429 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  35. 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3428 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 2.56 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3427 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 3.25 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.64 km NE of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3426 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.7Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 15
  41. 2.48 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3424 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  42. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 1.54 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3423 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  45. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3422 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 7
  46. 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3421 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  48. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 13
  51. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 2
  53. 3.26 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  54. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3415 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3415 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  58. 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of 108.

Before

  1. 2.83 km WNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3446 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.87 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.52 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3447 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 3.17 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 3.57 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3447 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 12
  6. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3450 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
  8. 2.76 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3451 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3452 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.610 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3453 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.02 km NNE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3454 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.48 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3455 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 278
  15. 2.710 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3456 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 3.013 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.42 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.82 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3458 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 3.34 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.55 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3459 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 12

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008ii1. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:06 PM UTC.