Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-03-13 02:51:03 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.413° N, 96.885° 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
±0.22
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
53

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 87 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.411 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2391 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.98 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 2.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2390 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2386 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 6
  6. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2386 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 2.66 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2383 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  9. 1.94 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2381 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  10. 1.54 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2381 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2380 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 1.610 km W of Quay, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  13. 2.214 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 8
  15. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 7
  16. 1.83 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 2.81 km NE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 28
  18. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  19. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.75 km ENE of Jones, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 2.43 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.64 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 9
  24. 1.86 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  25. 1.54 km NE of Davenport, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  26. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 45
  27. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 116
  28. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.65 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2369 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2365 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2361 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 1.64 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2361 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  36. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2360 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  37. 1.74 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  38. 2.17 km ESE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  39. 2.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 5
  40. 1.83 km WNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 1.811 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 1.82 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.110 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2354 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  45. 2.27 km ESE of Agra, Oklahoma · 2354 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  46. 1.68 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2354 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  47. 1.88 km W of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2354 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 1.61 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2353 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.511 km NE of Harrah, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2350 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 3.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 6
  53. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.07 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  56. 1.98 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 1.87 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2348 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 1.85 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2347 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 2.9Oklahoma · 2346 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 1.7Oklahoma · 2346 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 87.

Before

  1. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2394 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.75 km N of Stroud, Oklahoma · 2394 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2394 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2396 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2397 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.73 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 1.616 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 1.615 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 1.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.72 km WNW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.67 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.57 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.72 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2412 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 2.6Oklahoma · 2412 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2412 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  19. 1.82 km SE of Carney, Oklahoma · 2413 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.92 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2414 days ago · 16 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020fbtv. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 1:57 AM UTC.