Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 8, 2017, 7:43 AM CDT (12:43 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-08-08 12:43:19 UTC
Depth
4.1 km (2.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.416° N, 96.920° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
43°
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: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.15 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.98 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3332 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.910 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3331 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.03 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3329 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.710 km SW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.37 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 3328 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3327 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 2.612 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3327 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.39 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3326 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.64 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3326 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 3.37 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 12
  12. 2.69 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3323 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.53 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.75 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3322 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 4
  15. 1.69 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3321 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.47 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.514 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.810 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 3.110 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3320 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.515 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.65 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3319 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.68 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3318 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 3.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 66
  24. 2.710 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3317 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 3.24 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.46 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3316 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  27. 1.98 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3315 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3315 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3314 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.36 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 2.27 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.95 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 8
  34. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  35. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3310 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  36. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3305 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 3.71 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3304 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 29
  38. 3.36 km S of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 47
  39. 2.91 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
  40. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.79 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  42. 2.49 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 827
  44. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  45. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.13 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 19
  50. 2.83 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.33 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 12
  53. 2.52 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 9
  54. 2.51 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 3.68 km ESE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 34
  57. 2.59 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  59. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 8
  60. 2.43 km WNW of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3293 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 2.16 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3334 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.83 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.35 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma · 3335 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.410 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3336 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.62 km E of Luther, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  7. 3.56 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 182
  8. 3.59 km WSW of Shamrock, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 12
  9. 3.15 km SSE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 10
  10. 1.76 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 61
  12. 4.26 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3337 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1,321
  13. 3.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 26
  14. 3.36 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 37
  15. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 41
  16. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 319
  17. 2.35 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3338 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 73
  19. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3342 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000a5wr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:59 AM UTC.