M3.3 earthquake 4 km W of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 4 km W of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 28, 2014, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 9 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-07-28 22:26:50 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.747° N, 98.408° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 11
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
11 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 126 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.39 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 638
- 2.48 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4443 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.79 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.43 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.23 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 4441 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.24 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4440 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
- 3.19 km N of Nash, OK · 4439 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4439 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 1.76 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4439 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.17 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4439 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.77 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4438 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.78 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4437 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4437 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4437 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.72 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.92 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4436 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.83 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 4436 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.39 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.83 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4435 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.68 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4435 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.64 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4435 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.05 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4434 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
- 1.69 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4434 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.99 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4434 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.29 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4433 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 4
- 1.57 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4433 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.75 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4433 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.69 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4431 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.85 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4431 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.85 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.35 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 7
- 2.26 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.07 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4430 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4430 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4430 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4429 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.13 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4429 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.72 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4429 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.83 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4429 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
- 2.78 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4427 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.94 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4426 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.51 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4426 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
- 2.19 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4425 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4425 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 4425 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.45 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4425 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.09 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.911 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.45 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4424 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.04 km W of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4443 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.15 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4444 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.99 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4444 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 2.34 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.82 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.94 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4445 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.67 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4445 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.47 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4446 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 9
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4446 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.54 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4446 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.710 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4447 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.47 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4447 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.14 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4447 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.212 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4447 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.48 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4447 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 6
- 2.24 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4448 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.54 km N of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4449 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.63 km WSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4449 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
- 2.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4450 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4450 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
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