Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Jul 14, 2018, 10:26 AM CDT (15:26 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-14 15:26:55 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.279° N, 98.231° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 4.6 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: 78 in the 60 days after this one and 40 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.53 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2989 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  3. 2.43 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  4. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.97 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2987 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 10
  11. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  14. 3.15 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 20
  15. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2983 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2981 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2979 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  23. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2978 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.86 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  25. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  26. 3.23 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 5
  27. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  28. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2974 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.54 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
  31. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  32. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  34. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  36. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 17
  39. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  41. 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  43. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 2.05 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  45. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  47. 2.55 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2962 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2962 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  53. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  54. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2960 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2956 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2952 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.42 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  60. 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 78.

Before

  1. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2992 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 15
  2. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2993 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  3. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2994 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.64 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2994 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 3.15 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 3.45 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 2995 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 40
  9. 2.68 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2996 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2997 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.03 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3001 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.95 km S of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3001 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 2.8Oklahoma · 3002 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  14. 3.56 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  15. 3.010 km E of Dover, Oklahoma · 3003 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 6
  16. 2.62 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3004 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 3.26 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 16
  19. 2.85 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.96 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 3005 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000g50e. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 4:18 PM UTC.