M1.8 earthquake 14 km W of Aline, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 14 km W of Aline, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 9:21 PM CST (03:21 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 6 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2023-01-13 03:21:18 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.522° N, 98.612° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 88
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1358 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1355 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1355 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1355 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.514 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 1355 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.814 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 1355 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.16 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1354 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1353 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 4
- 2.2Oklahoma · 1351 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1351 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 1351 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.112 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 1344 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 9
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1343 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1343 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1342 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1342 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.75 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1341 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1340 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.113 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 1340 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.814 km SE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 1336 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1336 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1334 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1333 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.612 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1331 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1331 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1330 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 1330 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.66 km ESE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 1329 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
- 3.16 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1324 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1324 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1323 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1323 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1323 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1322 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.60 km NW of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1321 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.13 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 1319 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1318 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.65 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1317 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.68 km SW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1315 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1314 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.73 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1312 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 1310 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1308 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.84 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 1307 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.03 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 1304 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1302 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.813 km E of Seiling, Oklahoma · 1301 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
Before
- 1.60 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 1367 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.58 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1375 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.28 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1377 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1377 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.38 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1377 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.48 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1378 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 1.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1383 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1383 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.38 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1383 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1386 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.49 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1386 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.18 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1386 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
- 2.3Kansas · 1386 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
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