Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-09-28 10:32:38 UTC
Depth
4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.793° N, 98.260° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 6.4 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  3. 1.72 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 3.08 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.79 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.93 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  9. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.15 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.7Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  12. 2.54 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 3.35 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 2.56 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.611 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.0Kansas · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 3.3Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.61 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  20. 2.69 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 1.76 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.924 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.87 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.9Kansas · 4018 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  26. 1.68 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4018 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  27. 2.0Kansas · 4018 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 1.58 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4018 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  30. 2.87 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.510 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  32. 3.55 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 14
  33. 2.86 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  34. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  35. 1.65 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4017 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  36. 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4017 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  37. 1.86 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4016 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.66 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 4016 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 3.411 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.65 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 1.95 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4016 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 2.38 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 2.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 2.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  45. 2.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.37 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4015 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  48. 1.77 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4015 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  49. 2.56 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.73 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  51. 2.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4015 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  52. 1.67 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4015 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  53. 1.97 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4015 days ago · 1 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 3.03 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  55. 2.65 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 2.611 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 3.42 km WNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 5
  58. 3.84 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  59. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4014 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  60. 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4013 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.98 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.9Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 2.66 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.58 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.511 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.74 km W of Fairview, OK · 4022 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.81 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 2.95 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 2.66 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 3.02 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.94 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.79 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  18. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 3.24 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 12 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003xgk. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:46 AM UTC.