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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Pawnee, OK
No earthquake was likely felt in Pawnee in the 24 hours to 6:29 am CST (12:29 UTC). The last one was M 3.4, 138 km (86 mi) SW, at 5:53 am CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 23 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Pawnee
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) northwest of Pawnee, OK, at 7:52 pm CDT on 5 July 2024 (00:52 UTC), 6.0 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
35 km (22 mi) NNE of Stillwater, OK · 119 km (74 mi) NNE of Oklahoma City, OK
- When
- 7:52 pm CDT on 5 July 2024 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) northwest of Pawnee, OK · earthquakes near Pawnee
- Oklahoma today
- every earthquake in Oklahoma in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Pawnee County, 23 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 856 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Pawnee, 13 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Fairfax.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 99× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.6 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.8 on 2016-09-03 — about 1,600,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 36.4217, -96.9103. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawnee County, OK | 23 km (14 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Pawnee County |
| Noble County, OK | 29 km (18 mi) | W | earthquakes near Noble County |
| Payne County, OK | 39 km (24 mi) | S | earthquakes near Payne County |
| Kay County, OK | 48 km (30 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Kay County |
| Osage County, OK | 50 km (31 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Osage County |
| Creek County, OK | 74 km (46 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Creek County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
27 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 16 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 1.5 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 2.2 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 2.9 10 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma
- 1.5 10 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma
- 1.6 11 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma
- 1.6 7 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma
- 2.0 5 km NNE of Stillwater, Oklahoma
- 1.6 9 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma
- 1.6 4 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma
- 1.5 12 km WNW of Stillwater, Oklahoma
- 3.2 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 2.1 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
- 1.9 4 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma
- 1.5 7 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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