Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 15 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 12:25 AM CST (06:25 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.6 16 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-02-28 06:25:46 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.432° N, 96.937° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Station coverage gap
58°
Stations used
82

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 73 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.616 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.73 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2396 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2390 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.711 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.411 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2384 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 3.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2380 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 6
  13. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2380 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 2.66 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2378 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
  15. 2.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.94 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 1.54 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.610 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 2.214 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 8
  22. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 7
  23. 1.83 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.81 km NE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 28
  25. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 1.75 km ENE of Jones, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.43 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 2.64 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 9
  31. 1.86 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 1.54 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2365 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 45
  34. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 116
  35. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  37. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  39. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  41. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 1.64 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2354 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 1.74 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.17 km ESE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  46. 2.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 5
  47. 1.83 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2350 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2350 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.811 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  50. 1.82 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2349 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 2.110 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.27 km ESE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  53. 1.68 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  54. 1.88 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  55. 1.61 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2346 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2345 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2344 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 3.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2342 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
  60. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2342 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 73.

Before

  1. 2.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 1.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.72 km WNW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.67 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.57 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.72 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.6Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  8. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  9. 1.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 2.92 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 16 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.92 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.12 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 2.02 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  14. 1.74 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.33 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.33 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.36 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  18. 2.09 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  19. 1.64 km ESE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 1.76 km SE of Cushing, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020eclw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:46 PM UTC.