Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.1 earthquake 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Sun, Aug 9, 2015, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 10 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.1 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-08-09 16:26:34 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.789° N, 98.265° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.3 km horizontally, 7.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
112°
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. 1.66 km WNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.56 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, KS · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.04 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4025 days ago · 1 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 3.410 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.66 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4025 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 3.611 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 3.79 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 12
  13. 1.64 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4024 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 1.65 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  15. 2.34 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4024 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 3.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.713 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 2.59 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 2.89 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 2 km deep · 83 km away
  22. 2.33 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 1.66 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 3.17 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.74 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 2.56 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 3.411 km NNW of Sun City, Kansas · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 32
  30. 2.65 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 2.66 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  33. 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
  34. 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  36. 2.810 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  37. 3.16 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  38. 2.76 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  39. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.67 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  41. 2.86 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  42. 1.53 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 1.911 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 2.43 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  45. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 2.58 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 1.64 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  49. 2.07 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.612 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 1.66 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  52. 2.513 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 2.37 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 1.8Kansas · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  55. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 3.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.50 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  59. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  60. 3.13 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 8

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100030kq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.