Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 9 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 9 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Wed, May 31, 2017, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-05-31 07:03:47 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.403° N, 96.880° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
3.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 223°, dip 74°, rake 143°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 325°, dip 55°, rake 20°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 4.5 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: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  3. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.63 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 2.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.56 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3400 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.56 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.41 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 2.311 km SSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3399 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.61 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 2.73 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.74 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 3.02 km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.75 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3395 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3395 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.46 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3394 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 7
  21. 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3393 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.51 km SW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.26 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  24. 2.7Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 21
  25. 2.28 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3389 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 3.3Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 9
  28. 2.72 km SSW of Agra, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  30. 2.69 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 2.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3385 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  32. 2.37 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.25 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.56 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 3.06 km W of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.9Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  38. 2.310 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3381 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.68 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3379 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  40. 2.15 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3378 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 2.510 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 2.714 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.813 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 6
  45. 2.38 km SSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  46. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.03 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3376 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  48. 2.35 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.39 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3375 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 13
  50. 2.64 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
  51. 2.69 km NNW of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3374 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.613 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3371 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 3.25 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3371 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 11
  54. 2.114 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.52 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 3370 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3369 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  57. 2.62 km SSE of Carney, Oklahoma · 3368 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
  58. 2.85 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.411 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3366 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 3.15 km SSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3365 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 11

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  3. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 15
  5. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 3.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.95 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 53
  8. 2.04 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.59 km E of Perry, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.52 km SSE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3406 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  12. 3.19 km NE of Kendrick, Oklahoma · 3407 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.714 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3408 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 2.79 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3409 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.36 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 9
  16. 2.96 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  17. 3.16 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3412 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.57 km NW of Fallis, Oklahoma · 3413 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 2.72 km ESE of Luther, Oklahoma · 3414 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3414 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10008wsx. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC.