Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 4 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Tue, May 1, 2018, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 9 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-05-02 03:25:12 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.786° N, 98.325° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 5.5 km in depth
Station coverage gap
91°
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: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 91 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.414 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 2.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3064 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.79 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3060 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3059 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3059 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  7. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 1 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3058 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.09 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3058 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.57 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3057 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3056 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3056 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.84 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3055 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 2.68 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.47 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  18. 2.57 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 1.71 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3050 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.716 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3048 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  21. 2.60 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3045 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.611 km SSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3043 days ago · 24 km deep · 79 km away
  23. 2.66 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3043 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 2.31 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3043 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.54 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3042 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.64 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3041 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3041 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3040 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3036 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 2.43 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3035 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  31. 3.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 28
  32. 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  33. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3031 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  35. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.4Kansas · 3029 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.67 km WSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3028 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  39. 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  40. 2.66 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  41. 1.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 4.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1,955
  43. 2.98 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.411 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  46. 2.87 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
  47. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3025 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 3.115 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  49. 3.18 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3018 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
  50. 2.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3018 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  51. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  52. 2.61 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 2.63 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  54. 2.14 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3016 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  56. 3.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 15
  57. 3.04 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3014 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  58. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3013 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  59. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3010 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  60. 3.25 km NW of Wellington, Kansas · 3009 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 41

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 2.814 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.88 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3067 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.61 km NW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3068 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 8
  7. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 3.05 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.87 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 9
  14. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.94 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3071 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 1.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dvq9. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:19 PM UTC.