Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 6 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Mon, Oct 16, 2017, 1:13 PM CDT (18:13 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 1 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-10-16 18:13:33 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.306° N, 98.188° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 4.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
35°
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: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3261 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3259 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.97 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
  10. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.48 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.58 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.45 km SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  18. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3255 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 2.22 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 10
  20. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3254 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  22. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.38 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  25. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  26. 3.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  27. 3.95 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 73
  28. 3.05 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 2.55 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  31. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  32. 3.25 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 2.65 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.85 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  38. 3.74 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
  39. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  40. 3.75 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  41. 2.34 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.54 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 3.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  46. 3.7Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.44 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  48. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 2.74 km NNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 3.09 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  55. 3.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  56. 2.86 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.75 km S of Dover, OK · 3242 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 11
  58. 2.35 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3263 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  4. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3265 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 2.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 28
  8. 1.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.87 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.412 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3270 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  14. 2.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.511 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 2.67 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3271 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.86 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.85 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.33 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3273 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000aswp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:33 PM UTC.