M3.3 earthquake 4 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 9:45 PM CST (03:45 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 2 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-14 03:45:52 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.728° N, 98.313° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.5 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- 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
- 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.16 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4227 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4227 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.0Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.912 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4226 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.31 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4226 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.614 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.511 km N of Perry, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.512 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4226 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.61 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, KS · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.78 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.36 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
- 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 1.81 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.64 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.71 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.83 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 4
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.83 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.33 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 14
- 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.76 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.54 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 3.24 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
- 1.78 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.512 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
- 3.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 31
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
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