Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.8 earthquake 5 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, Dec 30, 2014, 3:37 PM CST (21:37 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.8 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2014-12-30 21:37:24 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.725° N, 98.308° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Strongest shaking
V, moderate shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
V, moderate shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.4 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
111°
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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.55 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.64 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.82 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.68 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4289 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4289 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 3.13 km SSW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.65 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4289 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.6Kansas · 4289 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4289 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.43 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4289 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.07 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4289 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 1.713 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4289 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  18. 3.111 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 3.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4288 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
  21. 1.94 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 1.94 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.75 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4288 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  25. 2.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.810 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4288 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 3.15 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4288 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  29. 2.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  30. 2.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  31. 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.52 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 3.15 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  41. 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 1.71 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.6Kansas · 4287 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  48. 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4287 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.61 km N of Aline, Oklahoma · 4287 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.96 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.510 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  53. 3.47 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.06 km SSE of Byron, OK · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.54 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.56 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  59. 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 3.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.53 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.95 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.15 km WNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 15
  5. 1.54 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4290 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.71 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 3.19 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.08 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4290 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 2.24 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4290 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  10. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4290 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4290 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 3.12 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  14. 3.36 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.15 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.95 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.17 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 3.09 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4291 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.74 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4291 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 2.0Kansas · 4291 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away

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