Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 6 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma on Thu, May 24, 2018, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-05-24 14:09:05 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.288° N, 98.236° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 3.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
32°
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: 83 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.31 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3041 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3040 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  3. 2.211 km NW of Marshall, OK · 3039 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3038 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3035 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 2.43 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3033 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 3.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3031 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 28
  8. 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 3.06 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3029 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 5
  11. 3.15 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  12. 2.410 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3028 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 2.4Kansas · 3028 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  16. 3.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3027 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.66 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.75 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3026 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 4.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1,955
  20. 2.98 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  21. 2.98 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3026 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.411 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  23. 2.87 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3025 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  24. 3.115 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3024 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  25. 2.44 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 3021 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  26. 4.0Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 154
  27. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
  29. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3019 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 3.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  31. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3018 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3017 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  34. 2.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3016 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 3.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 5
  36. 2.61 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 3016 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  37. 2.63 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 3015 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3013 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 3.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3013 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 15
  40. 3.04 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3012 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3012 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  42. 2.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3009 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 2.915 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 3006 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 7
  44. 2.58 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 2.96 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.85 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.26 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 16
  48. 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  49. 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  50. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 6
  51. 3.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  52. 2.8Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  53. 2.95 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3001 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 2.03 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3001 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2997 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 2.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 3.45 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 40
  58. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 3.15 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 83.

Before

  1. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3043 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.60 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3043 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.716 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3047 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.71 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3048 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  5. 3.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3049 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
  6. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3049 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3049 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  8. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  10. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.810 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 117
  13. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.57 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11
  18. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  19. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 182
  20. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000eb7t. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 7:41 AM UTC.