M3.3 earthquake 14 km W of Aline, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 14 km W of Aline, Oklahoma on Fri, Nov 20, 2015, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-20 15:42:32 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.514° N, 98.609° 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 IV, light shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.4 km horizontally, 7.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 111°
- 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
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.07 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3936 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.53 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.71 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.12 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3935 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 3.38 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.212 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3934 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.97 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 3 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.89 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 9
- 3.33 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3932 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.87 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.36 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.55 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3930 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.520 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 11 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.86 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.57 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 3.02 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Sun City, Kansas · 3926 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 2
- 2.85 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.18 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 8
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.57 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.46 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 6
- 2.66 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.69 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.67 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3921 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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