M2.7 earthquake 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 3:35 AM CDT (08:35 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 6 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-29 08:35:51 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.793° N, 98.262° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- 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
- 2.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.33 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2,647
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 11 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 35
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 1.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.47 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.310 km S of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 8
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 10
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.912 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.75 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 12 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.48 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 7
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3946 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 10
- 3.28 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 10
- 3.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.95 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of 200.
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