M2.5 earthquake 1 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Mon, Jul 27, 2015, 7:26 AM CDT (12:26 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-27 12:26:59 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.739° N, 98.353° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- 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
- 2.55 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.95 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4036 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 1.75 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4036 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.615 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.37 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.73 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.59 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.76 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.53 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 4035 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.98 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4035 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 2.56 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.76 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4034 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.66 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4034 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 1.96 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4034 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.41 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4034 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.36 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4033 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4033 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4032 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.610 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.510 km SSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4032 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 17
- 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.07 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4031 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.57 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4031 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.310 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 5
- 2.74 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4031 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4030 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.512 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.97 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 4030 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.43 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4030 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 10
- 1.84 km WSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4030 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.56 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 13 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.64 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
- 2.78 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4029 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 1.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4029 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
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