M2.6 earthquake 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 24, 2015, 2:40 PM CDT (19:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-24 19:40:08 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.289° N, 98.208° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.8 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 153°
- 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
- 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.79 km SSW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 2 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.66 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3974 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3974 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.55 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 20
- 3.014 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 4
- 2.510 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 4.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 235
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.79 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.29 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.48 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 67
- 3.110 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3973 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.48 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 2.514 km SE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 3.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
- 2.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.92 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 2.910 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.54 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3972 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.06 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
- 2.69 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3971 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.94 km SW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.711 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.812 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.621 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003p2d. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:58 AM UTC.