Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 1 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 1 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 12, 2017, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 4 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-09-12 20:10:25 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.740° N, 98.368° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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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 1.2 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
87°
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: 179 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  4. 3.45 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 11
  5. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.88 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3295 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.811 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  11. 1.62 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.07 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3295 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  13. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3294 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  18. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3294 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.48 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3293 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  22. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.98 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  32. 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.41 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 15 km deep · 79 km away
  34. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3288 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.88 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3288 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  37. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3287 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.38 km SE of Zenda, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.711 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  44. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
  47. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  51. 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3281 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  55. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3281 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3280 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3280 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.89 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3279 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  60. 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3278 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 179.

Before

  1. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 2.16 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3297 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
  5. 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.57 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 2 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.67 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3299 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 2 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.7Kansas · 3300 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3300 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 2.46 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 3301 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 2.52 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3302 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000al1n. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:17 PM UTC.