Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 4 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 17, 2022, 6:52 PM CST (00:52 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 2 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-01-18 00:52:29 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.777° N, 98.320° 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
±0.20
Station coverage gap
126°
Stations used
77

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 65 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.02 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1706 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1705 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1704 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 1.524 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1703 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 1.910 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1702 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.810 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1699 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.83 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1697 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 4.57 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4,769
  11. 1.76 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 96
  12. 2.46 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 91
  13. 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  16. 2.02 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 23 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1692 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.52 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1691 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.3Oklahoma · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.77 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1688 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
  22. 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.95 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 1687 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  25. 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.06 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 2.87 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
  28. 2.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1685 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.26 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1685 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 2.46 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1684 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1683 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.72 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1682 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.23 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1681 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  34. 1.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1680 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 1.72 km WNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1680 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 2.07 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1679 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.76 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1679 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  38. 2.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 2.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.76 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 2.22 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1677 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 1.910 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1675 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  43. 1.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1675 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  44. 3.27 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 11
  45. 2.36 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  46. 1.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  47. 2.97 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.06 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.97 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  51. 2.06 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1672 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 2.04 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1672 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1670 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  54. 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1668 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 1.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1666 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  56. 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1665 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 1.87 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 2.14 km E of Isabella, Oklahoma · 1661 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 1.84 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1661 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 2.212 km WSW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 1657 days ago · 19 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 65.

Before

  1. 1.59 km NNW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 1.810 km NNW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 1709 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1710 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.97 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1711 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.23 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1711 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  7. 1.93 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1712 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1713 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1713 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.62 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 1713 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.612 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1720 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.67 km E of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1720 days ago · 25 km deep · 98 km away
  14. 2.55 km NE of Argonia, Kansas · 1720 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.18 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1721 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.56 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1721 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 6
  17. 2.111 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1721 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1722 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 2.13 km SE of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1723 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.78 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 1723 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2022bfdh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:29 PM UTC.