M2.7 earthquake 1 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 1 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Fri, Jan 29, 2016, 7:28 AM CST (13:28 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 5 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-29 13:28:15 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.738° N, 98.353° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 86°
- 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
- 2.53 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.43 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.75 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.35 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.95 km ENE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.718 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.69 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3849 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.08 km SW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 1.918 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.116 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.01 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.13 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.23 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.218 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.718 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.42 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 6
- 1.88 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.812 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.915 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.2Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3845 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 3.37 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3844 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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