M2.5 earthquake 7 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Fri, Nov 14, 2014, 1:58 AM CST (07:58 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 4 km N of Billings, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-11-14 07:58:37 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.705° N, 98.298° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 7.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 141°
- 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
- 1.83 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.26 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.64 km N of Billings, Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.63 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.95 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
- 1.611 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.08 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.0Kansas · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.09 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.15 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.36 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 3.12 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.24 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.19 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.54 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.15 km WNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 15
- 2.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
- 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 3.85 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.68 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.13 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.43 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.713 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.111 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
- 1.94 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
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