Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 4 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 4 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 4:18 AM CST (10:18 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-01-28 10:18:55 UTC
Depth
3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.789° N, 98.329° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
102°
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: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3159 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 3.05 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3158 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  3. 1.76 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3157 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  4. 2.69 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3157 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 2.615 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3156 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.54 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.728 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3155 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3154 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.55 km SSE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3152 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 2.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 6
  12. 2.727 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3152 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.25 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3152 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 26
  15. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.71 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3151 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3150 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.84 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3149 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.77 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 3.13 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3149 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3149 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 11
  25. 2.36 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 3.06 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  27. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  28. 2.45 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3148 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  30. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 5
  31. 1.76 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3146 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 3.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3145 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 14
  34. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  35. 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 3.26 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 13
  37. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  40. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  41. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 3.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 13
  45. 3.128 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  46. 1.66 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  48. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 2.66 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.614 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3136 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  51. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3136 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  53. 2.412 km NNE of Woodward, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  55. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  57. 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  58. 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  59. 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 2.8Oklahoma · 3159 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.914 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3160 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  4. 2.03 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.17 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3161 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.74 km NNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.64 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.77 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.826 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3161 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3162 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3162 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  12. 2.525 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3163 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 2.64 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3163 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 3.04 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 2
  16. 3.04 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.93 km ENE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3164 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 3.63 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3165 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
  20. 1.63 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3165 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000cqm5. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.