Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 7 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Wed, Apr 9, 2014, 5:37 AM CDT (10:37 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 3 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-04-09 10:37:28 UTC
Depth
4.4 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.703° N, 98.305° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Station coverage gap
201°, poorly surrounded by stations
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: 121 in the 60 days after this one and 78 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.66 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4547 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 2.94 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4545 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.82 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4542 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4541 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
  5. 2.96 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4539 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.95 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4539 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.57 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 2.53 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 3.26 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4537 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.74 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.58 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.84 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4536 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 2.65 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4535 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 3.16 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4535 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  15. 3.25 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4534 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 11
  16. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 3.25 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 2.54 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4533 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.76 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4532 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 3.010 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4531 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  21. 2.812 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4531 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  22. 2.64 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4530 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  23. 2.612 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4530 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 2.99 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4530 days ago · 12 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  25. 2.67 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4529 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  26. 2.75 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4529 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.65 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  28. 3.16 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  29. 3.07 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  30. 3.44 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4528 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.84 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.65 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4527 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 3.210 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  35. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4526 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 3.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4525 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 5
  37. 2.88 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4524 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 2.64 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  39. 2.54 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  40. 2.83 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4523 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 2.94 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 2.64 km SW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4522 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  43. 3.24 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  44. 2.54 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 3.53 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  46. 2.51 km W of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4520 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.53 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.12 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.8Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 3.94 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4519 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 57
  51. 2.75 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 3.05 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 3.02 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4517 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.09 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.310 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4515 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 2.311 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4515 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4515 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.49 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4515 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  59. 2.110 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4515 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
  60. 2.85 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away

The first 60 of 121.

Before

  1. 3.46 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4551 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 8
  2. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 3.82 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 47
  4. 3.010 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 2.71 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4553 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.71 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.85 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4554 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 3.13 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.83 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.71 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4555 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.92 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 3.36 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4556 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.62 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.61 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4557 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.511 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4558 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  17. 2.62 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4558 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4558 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  19. 4.13 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 132
  20. 3.42 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4559 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000pcdm. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:05 AM UTC.