Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Wed, May 24, 2017, 12:45 PM CDT (17:45 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-05-24 17:45:37 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.424° N, 96.918° 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 2.1 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
48°
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: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.19 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3406 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.59 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.04 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 53
  7. 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 15
  10. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 3.19 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.63 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  21. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.56 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.41 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 2.311 km SSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3398 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.61 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  26. 2.73 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  29. 2.74 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 3.02 km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.75 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3395 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  32. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  33. 2.46 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
  34. 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.51 km SW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
  37. 2.7Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 21
  38. 2.28 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3388 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 3.3Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
  41. 2.72 km SSW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  44. 2.69 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
  45. 2.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.37 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3384 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  47. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.25 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.56 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 3.06 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.9Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  52. 2.310 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.68 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 2.15 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3377 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  55. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 2.714 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
  59. 2.38 km SSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  60. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 2.79 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.610 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3410 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 3.36 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 9
  4. 2.96 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3411 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  5. 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3413 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  9. 2.56 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.310 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3416 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.03 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.26 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3417 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 7
  13. 2.810 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3418 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.75 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 13
  16. 2.52 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.617 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  18. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3419 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  19. 2.59 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.36 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3420 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008uw3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC.