Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 3, 2015, 6:37 AM CST (12:37 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-02-03 12:37:17 UTC
Depth
6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.810° N, 98.285° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
13
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

13 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.0 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
152°
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. 3.86 km SSE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 13
  2. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.7Kansas · 4255 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 3.47 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.17 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 2.76 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.87 km WSW of Bluff City, KS · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  14. 2.17 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 3.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.33 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 3.44 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 13
  18. 2.23 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 2.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 3.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  26. 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  27. 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  29. 3.22 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
  30. 2.95 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  31. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  33. 2.83 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  34. 3.44 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 9
  35. 2.54 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 2.92 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 10
  37. 1.84 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.76 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 4.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 289
  40. 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  42. 3.43 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  43. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 2.73 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.55 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  46. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  48. 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  49. 3.43 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 9
  50. 3.13 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  51. 1.83 km SE of Danville, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.810 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 3.23 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  58. 1.51 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  59. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
  60. 1.73 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.68 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.86 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.612 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.53 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  9. 3.19 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
  10. 1.74 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 3.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 34
  13. 2.01 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 1.76 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.913 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.52 km ENE of Waldron, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 1.51 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4258 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tl98. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:26 PM UTC.