Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 22 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 22 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma on Tue, Apr 26, 2016, 1:25 AM CDT (06:25 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-04-26 06:25:44 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.456° N, 98.686° 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.

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Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Strike-slip
Moment magnitude
3.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 51°, dip 76°, rake -154°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 315°, dip 65°, rake -15°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 3.3 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
54°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 180 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 3.6Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  21. 3.05 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 2.612 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  23. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  24. 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  25. 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  27. 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  28. 2.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 2
  29. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.92 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 3.57 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  34. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  42. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 3.13 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  53. 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 3.07 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  60. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 180.

Before

  1. 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.82 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  4. 3.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.78 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  7. 2.89 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 2.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 3.08 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10005bkw. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:16 PM UTC.