Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 9 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Aug 4, 2018, 12:26 PM CDT (17:26 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 16 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-08-04 17:26:06 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.174° N, 98.128° 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, 4.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
38°
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: 82 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.514 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  8. 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 17
  9. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  18. 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.15 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
  22. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2953 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.615 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2953 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.42 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  28. 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.32 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.714 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2948 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  32. 2.45 km S of Yukon, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
  33. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  34. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2946 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  35. 2.515 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2945 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 2.96 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2944 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 4
  37. 2.616 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2943 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 2.70 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2938 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.816 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  40. 2.55 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2934 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 3.3Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  50. 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away
  52. 2.50 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  53. 2.82 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  54. 2.60 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2927 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  56. 2.44 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 3.08 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 12
  58. 2.51 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  59. 2.64 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2923 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  60. 2.55 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 82.

Before

  1. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.54 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  3. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 2 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 3.23 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 11 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 4
  8. 2.67 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2977 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  12. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.07 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.66 km SE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 3.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 124
  17. 3.26 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 17
  18. 2.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.05 km E of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000g3j6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:39 AM UTC.