M2.3 earthquake 6 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 6 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 7, 2014, 11:05 PM CST (05:05 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 10 km SE of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-01-08 05:05:29 UTC
- Depth
- 3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.811° N, 98.369° 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.
- 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: 26 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.76 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4645 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 5
- 2.73 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4637 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 3
- 3.12 km WSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4625 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4623 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4622 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.610 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4622 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 34
- 3.38 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4621 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
- 3.53 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4620 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 10
- 3.35 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4619 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
- 2.83 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4615 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 3.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 4614 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.59 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4614 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.49 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4613 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 5
- 2.53 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4613 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4610 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 2.77 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4607 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.23 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4604 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4604 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.67 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4602 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.04 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4599 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.49 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4599 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 3.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4599 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.94 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4595 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
- 2.6Oklahoma · 4591 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.96 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4590 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4590 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
Before
- 3.58 km SE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4652 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 11
- 2.62 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4656 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 2.98 km SE of Alva, Oklahoma · 4656 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 9
- 3.63 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4658 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 12
- 2.97 km NE of Longdale, Oklahoma · 4660 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.810 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4671 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 104
- 2.66 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4673 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.86 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4674 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 4
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000lz84. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.