Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 15 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 29, 2020, 8:28 AM CST (14:28 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 4 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2020-11-29 14:28:39 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.429° N, 96.933° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.41ML, local (Richter)Oklahoma Geological SurveyPreferred · Confirmed · ±0.21 · 24 stations
2.1mb_Lg, Lg-wave bodyUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterReviewed · ±0.193 · 7 stations

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
100

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 53 in the 60 days after this one and 36 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2134 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 2.1Oklahoma · 2134 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.74 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.911 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 1.53 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.9Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 2.25 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 2125 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  9. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2125 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.73 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.62 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.03 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.75 km SSW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.54 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2116 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
  19. 2.01 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.52 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 2.23 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 1.51 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 1.82 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.18 km SE of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2107 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2107 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 1.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.91 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.04 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2104 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.88 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2103 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  33. 2.116 km S of Elgin, Kansas · 2100 days ago · 16 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2098 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.77 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2097 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2096 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  37. 1.99 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2093 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 1.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2091 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  39. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.68 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma · 2088 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.93 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2087 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.88 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2086 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.79 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  44. 2.49 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2085 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 2.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2084 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2083 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 1.52 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2082 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.65 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2079 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  52. 2.26 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2079 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 1.79 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2075 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away

Before

  1. 1.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2135 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2135 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.51 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2136 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.04 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2138 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2138 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 41
  6. 1.55 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2140 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2141 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2142 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2142 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2143 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2143 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.46.1 km SSE of Jefferson, OK · 2148 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.76 km NNW of Jefferson, OK · 2148 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.810.4 km WNW of Jefferson, OK · 2150 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.610.5 km WNW of Jefferson, OK · 2151 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  16. 1.510.4 km E of Lamont, OK · 2151 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.010.6 km E of Lamont, OK · 2151 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 2.06 km NNW of Jefferson, OK · 2151 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 1.56 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2154 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.86 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2155 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020xlnc (also filed as us7000ckwa). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:20 PM UTC.