Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 9 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma on Sun, Feb 19, 2017, 2:11 PM CST (20:11 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-02-19 20:11:05 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.174° N, 98.126° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
50°
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: 176 in the 60 days after this one and 23 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.77 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3502 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 3.19 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.712 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
  6. 3.49 km ESE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.817 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.517 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.94 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 3.06 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.85 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 3.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.75 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.57 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.512 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.514 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3495 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  22. 2.86 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3494 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  24. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  26. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  28. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  29. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  30. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  31. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  32. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  33. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  34. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 2.57 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  36. 3.06 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 23
  37. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  39. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  40. 2.99 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 3.29 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.87 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  43. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.69 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  48. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  49. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.97 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3486 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.78 km SE of Hitchcock, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 1.73 km NE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.96 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 5
  58. 2.26 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.9Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 176.

Before

  1. 2.53 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 2.74 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.64 km SE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.7Oklahoma · 3503 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.75 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.58 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3506 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.76 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3508 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.6Oklahoma · 3509 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 3.13 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3511 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  12. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.71 km SW of Langston, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3512 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.58 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.78 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.75 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 3.014 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 2.5Oklahoma · 3514 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3515 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20008ku3. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:58 AM UTC.