M2.8 earthquake 8 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 5, 2014, 12:16 PM CST (18:16 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-05 18:16:33 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.703° N, 98.292° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 108°
- 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
- 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.24 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 69
- 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 50
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.72 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 2.74 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.611 km W of Norwich, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 16
- 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4263 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.53 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4263 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4262 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4262 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4262 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4262 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.11 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4262 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.68 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.19 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4261 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 28
- 2.43 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.38 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4260 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000t442. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:36 PM UTC.