Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 4 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, Jun 9, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC), 5 km (3 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
2015-06-09 21:45:59 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.729° N, 98.318° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 5.1 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. 2.24 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 2.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 2.47 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.83 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 2.47 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.55 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
  12. 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4126 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.612 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4126 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.06 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  16. 1.81 km NW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  17. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 56 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.14 km E of Harper, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  24. 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 2.74 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4125 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  29. 2.83 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 2.54 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.73 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4125 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 3.016 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 3.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  34. 3.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  37. 2.89 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  38. 2.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  39. 3.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 13
  40. 2.84 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.66 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4124 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  44. 1.94 km E of Harper, Kansas · 4124 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  45. 2.61 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 1.63 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4123 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  47. 2.96 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  48. 3.36 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4123 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  49. 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  50. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.97 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 2.911 km SW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  53. 4.06 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 37
  54. 1.93 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4122 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 3.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  56. 2.94 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4122 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 2.8Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 1.58 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  59. 2.96 km WSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  60. 1.91 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4121 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.36 km W of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.62 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.34 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.010 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  6. 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 3.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 10
  9. 2.810 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  10. 2.03 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 3.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  12. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.54 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 2.84 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  15. 3.919 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 9
  16. 2.95 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  17. 1.57 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 3.48 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
  20. 1.77 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4129 days ago · 1 km deep · 73 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002nqr. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 10:17 AM UTC.