M2.9 earthquake 9 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 9 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Mon, Feb 2, 2015, 2:24 PM CST (20:24 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-02-02 20:24:44 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.812° N, 98.285° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person 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 2.2 km horizontally, 7.6 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: at least 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 1.68 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.58 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 13
- 3.86 km SSE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 13
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7Kansas · 4255 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.47 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 2.17 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.76 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.87 km WSW of Bluff City, KS · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.17 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.33 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.44 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 13
- 2.23 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
- 3.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.22 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
- 2.95 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
- 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.44 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 9
- 2.54 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.92 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 10
- 1.84 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 289
- 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 3.43 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
- 3.43 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 9
- 3.13 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Danville, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 1.86 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.612 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.53 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.19 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 1.74 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 34
- 2.01 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.913 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.52 km ENE of Waldron, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.51 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.95 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4259 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.73 km ESE of Waldron, Kansas · 4259 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4259 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4259 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4259 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tl31. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.