Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma on Fri, Sep 8, 2017, 12:33 AM CDT (05:33 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 5 km N of Dover, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-09-08 05:33:57 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.502° N, 98.471° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.3 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
37°
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: 162 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  4. 3.09 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.7Kansas · 3302 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.627 km NW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3302 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.89 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.79 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  10. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3301 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
  11. 2.72 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3301 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3301 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.41 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  15. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3299 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.41 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3298 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3298 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.34 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 5
  19. 3.45 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3297 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 11
  20. 1.55 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3297 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  21. 3.01 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3297 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 3.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3297 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 8
  24. 2.811 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3297 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  25. 1.62 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  26. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3296 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  27. 3.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.15 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.85 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3296 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  30. 2.23 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3293 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  33. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  34. 3.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3292 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.65 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3291 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  39. 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  40. 2.410 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3290 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  43. 2.91 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  44. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3289 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.65 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3286 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3286 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3285 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 2.65 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 3285 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 8
  51. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  52. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3284 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 3.29 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 6
  54. 2.810 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.527 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  56. 2.84 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  57. 2.510 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3283 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  58. 2.55 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3283 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3282 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  60. 2.56 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3282 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 162.

Before

  1. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  2. 4.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 827
  3. 2.56 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3303 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.611 km S of Spivey, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.53 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3304 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3305 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.810 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3306 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3307 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3307 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3308 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.710 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3312 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  14. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  16. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3312 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.01 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3313 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 2.59 km E of Mutual, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 3.56 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3313 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.35 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3313 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000ai3y. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC.