Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 2 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 2 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 27, 2021, 8:30 PM CST (02:30 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 6 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-11-28 02:30:01 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.736° N, 98.371° 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
±0.24
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
102°
Stations used
78

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 59 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1766 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  2. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1765 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.924 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1764 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.61 km W of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1762 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.37 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1759 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.76 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1758 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
  11. 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1757 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.77 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1756 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.64 km NNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.0Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.84 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1755 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1753 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1753 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1752 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 1.911 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  22. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1749 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  23. 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1748 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  24. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1746 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1745 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1744 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1743 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 1.921 km NE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1736 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  29. 2.96 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1734 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1732 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.710 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1731 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  33. 2.78 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 1730 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  34. 2.13 km SE of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1730 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1729 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  36. 2.111 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1729 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.56 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1728 days ago · 13 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 6
  38. 2.18 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1728 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.55 km NE of Argonia, Kansas · 1728 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  40. 1.67 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1727 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  41. 1.612 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1727 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 1.62 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 1720 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1720 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1720 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1719 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.93 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1719 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.23 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1718 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.97 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1718 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  49. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1718 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1717 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  51. 1.810 km NNW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  52. 1.59 km NNW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1716 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  53. 1.54 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1716 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  54. 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1714 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  55. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1711 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.524 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 1.910 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away

Before

  1. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1768 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1771 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1771 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1771 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.515 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1773 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.415 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1773 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.715 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1773 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.99 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 1773 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1779 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 2.39 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1784 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.75 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.52 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1791 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.010 km NW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.18 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  17. 1.64 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1793 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021xgym. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 10:45 PM UTC.