Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 3 km SSW of Cherokee, OK

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 3 km SSW of Cherokee, OK on Sat, Oct 5, 2019, 5:29 AM CDT (10:29 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 7 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-05 10:29:59 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.732° N, 98.372° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.17
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
158°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.910 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  2. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2544 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.64 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2542 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.93 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2542 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 2.03 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2542 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 3.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  7. 3.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2541 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2540 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.3Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.512 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2538 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.02 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2538 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  15. 1.66 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2536 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.67 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2536 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.96 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2536 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.96 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 2535 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.89 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2535 days ago · 11 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.620 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.611 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.61 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2534 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  23. 1.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.41 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  26. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.87 km WSW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.97 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  29. 2.016 km ENE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2533 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  30. 1.86 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2532 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  31. 2.512 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2532 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.612 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2531 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.96 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2531 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  37. 2.33 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2530 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 2528 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  39. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2528 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  40. 3.77 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 18
  41. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  43. 1.911 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 1.55 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  45. 2.27 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2524 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.77 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 1.81 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  48. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  49. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  50. 2.011 km ESE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 2521 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 1.57 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2521 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  52. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2521 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  53. 1.52 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2520 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 2.16 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2520 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.52 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2519 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  56. 2.011 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2519 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2519 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 1.86 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2518 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  59. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2517 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  60. 1.62 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2517 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 142.

Before

  1. 1.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.06 km E of Aline, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.05 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2545 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 1.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.14 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.710 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2546 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.15 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 2547 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 2.312 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2548 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 1.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2549 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.09 km ESE of Alva, Oklahoma · 2549 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  14. 1.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2549 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 2.16 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 2.16 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.4Oklahoma · 2550 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.87 km SE of Braman, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.68 km SE of Braman, Oklahoma · 2551 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019tmxc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.