M 5.8 earthquake – 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
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Local time: Sep 3, 2016 · 07:02 (UTC-5)
ModerateShallow · 5.6 kmPAGER green
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- Magnitude
- 5.8moment magnitude (mww)
- Depth
- 5.6 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 36.425, -96.92934 km from Ponca City
- Energy released
- 7.6 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- 48,764"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 6.2max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 105M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 1,308USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 7.6 kilotons of TNT, 16 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
105 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
- 3.3 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 2.6 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 2.7 10 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 2.7 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 2.6 9 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 2.5 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 2.7 11 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 2.6 12 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 3.6 13 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
- 2.7 Oklahoma Sep 3, 2016
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 5.7 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma Nov 6, 2011
- 5.1 18 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma Feb 13, 2016
- 5.1 8 km NW of Prague, Oklahoma Feb 3, 2024
- 5.0 3 km W of Cushing, Oklahoma Nov 7, 2016
- 4.9 4 km ENE of Milan, Kansas Nov 12, 2014
- 4.8 9 km SSE of Sparks, Oklahoma Nov 8, 2011
- 4.8 8 km SE of Sparks, Oklahoma Nov 5, 2011
- 4.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma Jan 7, 2016
In the week before
Earthquakes within 30 km in the 7 days before this one: possible foreshocks.