M3.0 earthquake 10 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 12, 2014, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 5 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-10-12 19:40:43 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.670° N, 98.302° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.1 km horizontally, 7.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 138°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.12 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4322 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4321 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4321 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.56 km ENE of Covington, OK · 4321 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 36
- 3.45 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.73 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.84 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4321 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 1.62 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.74 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4321 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 39
- 2.26 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4321 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.77 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.07 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.56 km SW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 2.03 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4320 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.53 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.82 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.74 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.61 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 25
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4320 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 3.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 9
- 2.75 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.87 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.02 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4319 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.78 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.15 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 5
- 2.5Kansas · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.78 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.27 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.69 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4317 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.73 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 4317 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.67 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4317 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.07 km N of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.24 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.04 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.78 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.34 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 1 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
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