M2.9 earthquake 7 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 17, 2015, 8:12 AM CDT (13:12 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-17 13:12:08 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.304° N, 98.231° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.6 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 58°
- 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
- 2.911 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.87 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.912 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.94 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.58 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
- 2.62 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 4
- 2.68 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.77 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.715 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.85 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 0 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.44 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.21 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 3 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
- 3.25 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 411
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 13
- 3.39 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
- 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.09 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.66 km NW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 4.17 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 20
- 2.77 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.812 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.64 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.112 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.13 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 3
- 3.03 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.03 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.211 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.90 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003pcp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:33 AM UTC.