Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 1 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 1 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 6, 2018, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 8 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-07 04:46:28 UTC
Depth
8.9 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.741° N, 98.370° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 8.2 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: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.38 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.58 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  3. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 4.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1,498
  6. 3.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3089 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.16 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 2.56 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.57 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 24
  13. 2.5Kansas · 3088 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.77 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  17. 3.18 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 24
  18. 4.68 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2,651
  19. 2.98 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3087 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 15
  20. 2.44 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 2.823 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3086 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 7
  23. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3085 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3084 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
  26. 2.94 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3083 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
  27. 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  29. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  30. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  35. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  36. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 2.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  39. 1.95 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  40. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  41. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3078 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  42. 2.814 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  43. 1.77 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  44. 3.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
  45. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  46. 3.16 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  47. 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  48. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3076 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  51. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  53. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 13
  55. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  58. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3075 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  60. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 38
  5. 3.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3090 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 2.12 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3092 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3093 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 2.615 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 2.71 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3095 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3097 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3099 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.514 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.613 km WNW of Taloga, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.412 km WNW of Taloga, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3102 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dvwc. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 4:32 AM UTC.