Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 9 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 15, 2020, 10:35 PM CDT (03:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 2 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Local time
UTC
2020-03-16 03:35:41 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.786° N, 98.259° 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
±0.23
Station coverage gap
107°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.95 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.08 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2390 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  3. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2389 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2389 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2389 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
  6. 1.95 km S of Canton, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.48 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2387 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.34 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  13. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.69 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 2.67 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  19. 2.09 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2382 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2381 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2381 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
  22. 1.77 km E of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2380 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 1.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2380 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 2.98 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  25. 2.46 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2378 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2378 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 7
  27. 2.27 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2378 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 2.57 km NE of Norwich, KS · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.83 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.923 km WSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.28 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 2.43 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.93 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 1.64 km ENE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 45
  39. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 116
  40. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 1.711 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.13 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.13 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  47. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.53 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.33 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  51. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  52. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  53. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  54. 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2366 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2365 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 1.610 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  57. 1.74 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 1.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2361 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.69 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2361 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.02 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.614 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.411 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 2394 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  6. 2.12 km NNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2395 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  7. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2395 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2395 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.710 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2397 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2398 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  11. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2398 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2398 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.62 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020fhhv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:28 PM UTC.