M2.7 earthquake 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 30, 2015, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 6 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-30 18:48:56 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.294° N, 98.200° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- 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
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.33 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.68 km WSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2,647
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.510 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 35
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 4
- 2.510 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 0 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.47 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.310 km S of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 8
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 10
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.714 km SW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.912 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.58 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.65 km ESE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.75 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.117 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 12 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.48 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 7
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 10
- 3.28 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 10
- 3.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.95 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 3 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.97 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.37 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 2.97 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 71
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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