Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 4 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 17, 2018, 9:13 AM CST (15:13 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km NNE of Harper, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-17 15:13:37 UTC
Depth
2.9 km (1.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.786° N, 98.334° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
33
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

33 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 1.3 km horizontally, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Station coverage gap
137°
Stations used
64

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 28 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.88 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2866 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.79 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2866 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 2864 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 1.97 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 2863 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 2.43 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2863 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 3.14 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
  7. 1.710 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 2860 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 1.9Kansas · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2857 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  15. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2854 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 3.29 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 2853 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 9
  19. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.61 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  21. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.21 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  23. 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  25. 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2850 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  26. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  29. 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 6
  30. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2846 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  31. 1.73 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2846 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  32. 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  34. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  38. 2.63 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  39. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  40. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  41. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2841 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  42. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  43. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  45. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.66 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 2837 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  48. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2837 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  49. 2.66 km NW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2836 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  50. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2835 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  51. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2832 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  52. 3.10 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2831 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.91 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 2830 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.92 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2828 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 3.15 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2826 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 6
  57. 3.03 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2825 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 8
  58. 2.05 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.26 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2824 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  60. 1.612 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 2823 days ago · 2 km deep · 68 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2868 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.91 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 2869 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.58 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.78 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2873 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2875 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2877 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2877 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 2.7Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 2.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 2.52 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2883 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  18. 2.50 km SE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2884 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.64 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2886 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 2.65 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 2888 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000ht73. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:27 AM UTC.