Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 17, 2014, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 5 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2014-09-17 21:01:16 UTC
Depth
4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.483° N, 98.512° 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.

Location uncertainty
About 1.9 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
100°
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

  1. 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4351 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4351 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4351 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 1.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4351 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 2.513 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.64 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  7. 2.54 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.62 km SW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 3.15 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4350 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.510 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4350 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.64 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4350 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.14 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4350 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.55 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 3.75 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.77 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4349 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4349 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  17. 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4349 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4348 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  19. 2.14 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4348 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 2.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  22. 2.85 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4347 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.88 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 1.52 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.11 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 1.91 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4347 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  29. 1.54 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4346 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.68 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4346 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.6Kansas · 4346 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.6Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.31 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4346 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  34. 2.11 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4346 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.75 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4346 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.68 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  37. 1.78 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.72 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4346 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  39. 2.99 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  40. 3.14 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 2.54 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 2.64 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 3.45 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.64 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4344 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.97 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4344 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4344 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 1.50 km W of Anthony, Kansas · 4344 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 2.98 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4344 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  49. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4343 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.61 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4343 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 2.86 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.5Kansas · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  54. 3.14 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 2.63 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 2.56 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4343 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.511 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 1.80 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4342 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 2.67 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.77 km WNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4342 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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