Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 1 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 1 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 19, 2017, 6:14 AM CDT (11:14 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-19 11:14:07 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.742° N, 98.369° 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.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.6 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
70°
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: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 86 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.58 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3264 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3264 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3259 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.923 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  13. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  15. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3258 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 3
  18. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3253 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  21. 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 73
  22. 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  23. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.25 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  30. 2.85 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 3.74 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
  33. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  34. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 4
  35. 2.34 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  36. 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3251 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  37. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.7Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3250 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 2.44 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  44. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3250 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  47. 2.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  48. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  49. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  50. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  53. 2.75 km S of Dover, OK · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 11
  54. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  57. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  58. 2.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  60. 3.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 17

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3266 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3267 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  13. 1.76 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 3.111 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3273 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3274 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3275 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3275 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000au2c. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:55 AM UTC.