Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 1 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, Jun 23, 2015, 10:06 AM CDT (15:06 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-06-23 15:06:05 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.741° N, 98.354° 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, 6.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
153°
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. 3.45 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.910 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.57 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4115 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 2.54 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.14 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4114 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4113 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.62 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 4113 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.94 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  14. 1.91 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 2.02 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.01 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  17. 2.87 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 3.25 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.97 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  20. 3.56 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 4
  21. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  22. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4112 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.39 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4112 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4112 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 3.06 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4111 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  26. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4111 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.19 km ENE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4111 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.96 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4111 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 3.42 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4111 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4110 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  31. 1.65 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  32. 3.36 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4110 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  33. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  34. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4110 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 1.99 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  36. 2.09 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 3.14 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4110 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.65 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 1.65 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 1.95 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 2.15 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  42. 3.56 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4110 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  43. 1.65 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  44. 1.65 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  45. 1.92 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 4110 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  46. 2.38 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.45 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 2.66 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  51. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 2.48 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.78 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  54. 1.79 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  55. 2.11 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 2.910 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4109 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.12 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  58. 1.512 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4109 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  59. 2.54 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4108 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  60. 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4108 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.05 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4115 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 1.94 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4115 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.58 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  4. 2.5Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.57 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 2.96 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 33
  9. 2.510 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.61 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 2.97 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 2.14 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  15. 1.61 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 1.52 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 3.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.75 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 1.76 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4119 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002l7q. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 8:52 PM UTC.