M3.0 earthquake 4 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 7, 2015, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-08 03:34:22 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.529° N, 98.492° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.4 km horizontally, 7.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- 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
- 2.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 2.38 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.54 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
- 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.75 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.49 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
- 2.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
- 2.38 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.38 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3995 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3995 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.512 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 1.67 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.03 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.46 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.97 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
- 3.45 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.16 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.624 km WNW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.96 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.76 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.66 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.47 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003h70. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC.