Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma on Tue, Apr 19, 2016, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-04-19 14:46:16 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.291° N, 98.198° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.7 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
76°
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. 2.64 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.65 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3789 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.78 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  8. 2.58 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 2.98 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 3.34 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.84 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 3.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.711 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3788 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  14. 2.89 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.13 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 3.011 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 2.710 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.311 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3786 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  25. 3.112 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.53 km S of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  27. 2.511 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3785 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 3.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  29. 3.07 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.612 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.911 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.512 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 2.77 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  34. 2.52 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  35. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.811 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 4
  37. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 10 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.98 km W of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  41. 2.610 km N of Crescent, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  42. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 9
  43. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.81 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.78 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.67 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3780 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  48. 2.64 km ESE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 3780 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 7
  49. 2.55 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 2.81 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  51. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  52. 2.83 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  53. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  54. 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 2.6Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  56. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 3.18 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 3.22 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 200.

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