M3.5 earthquake 5 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 11, 2016, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC), 14 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 17 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
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-04-11 18:08:21 UTC
- Depth
- 13.5 km (8.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.488° N, 98.503° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

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 3.2 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 62°
- 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
- 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.48 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.79 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3804 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.91 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3803 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.022 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3802 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3801 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3800 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.812 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.811 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3799 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.07 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.55 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3799 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3798 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.011 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.611 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3798 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.211 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.72 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 3.43 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3797 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3797 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3796 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.713 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.6Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 3.05 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.612 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3795 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
- 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.313 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.712 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.613 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
- 2.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3794 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3793 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.310 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.57 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3793 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.72 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3792 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3792 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3791 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3791 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 3791 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.04 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3790 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3790 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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