Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 1 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 1 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 10 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-09-24 08:29:25 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.740° N, 98.362° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 5.9 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

  1. 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 3.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 67
  4. 3.110 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.610 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.514 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 3.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.84 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.92 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.910 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 1.54 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.36 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.06 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 3.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
  27. 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.012 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3971 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 3.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 31
  31. 2.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.37 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  35. 2.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  36. 2.94 km SW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.711 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 3.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 2.812 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  42. 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 2.47 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.621 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  46. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  48. 3.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 7
  49. 1.810 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 1.76 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  52. 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  54. 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 3.16 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  56. 2.68 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  58. 2.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 83 km away
  59. 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 9
  60. 3.012 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003nlf. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.