Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 3 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma on Tue, Mar 8, 2016, 2:43 AM CST (08:43 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 5 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-03-08 08:43:53 UTC
Depth
4.9 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.503° N, 98.486° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
40

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. 2.75 km ENE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3835 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.718 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.85 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  5. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3834 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 2 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  8. 2.0Kansas · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  10. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3833 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 2.810 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 3.07 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.98 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3832 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 5
  26. 3.35 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 1.5Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3831 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 3.27 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.55 km ENE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 2.111 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  34. 1.95 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 2.59 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3830 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  36. 1.63 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  37. 2.90 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  38. 4.24 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 726
  39. 2.93 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 3.64 km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 31
  42. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  43. 2.70 km NE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3829 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  44. 3.322 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  47. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  49. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  50. 1.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3828 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  51. 2.85 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  52. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  53. 3.47 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3828 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 2.64 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3827 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3826 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 2.55 km WSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  58. 1.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3825 days ago · 2 km deep · 22 km away
  59. 2.311 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3824 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3824 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004vzp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:40 AM UTC.