M2.6 earthquake 3 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 7, 2014, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-07 18:15:32 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.529° N, 98.424° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 101°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.89 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.710 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.95 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4359 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.610 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.58 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.15 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.06 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.16 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.26 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.310 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.84 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4358 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.65 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4358 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.38 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4357 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.45 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4357 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Kansas · 4357 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.43 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.04 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.67 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.80 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 1 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.913 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.63 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.212 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4356 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.76 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.57 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 2 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.16 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02 km NE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
- 2.17 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.52 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 3.38 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 2 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.69 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 1.96 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4355 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.08 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 10 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.65 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.04 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 1.75 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.14 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4354 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
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