Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma on Sun, Jul 29, 2018, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 9 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-07-30 02:39:22 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.300° N, 98.208° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
75°
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: 81 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.23 km SSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 11 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2976 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.48 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2975 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.54 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2973 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 3.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2972 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.59 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2971 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2970 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 2.58 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2969 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 3.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2968 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 17
  15. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 3.09 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.99 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2967 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2966 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2965 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 2.05 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2965 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.48 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2965 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.66 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.55 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2964 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  26. 2.25 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2963 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 3.07 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 1.88 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2962 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 2.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.75 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2962 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  33. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2961 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  34. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2959 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2958 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  36. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2957 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 2.27 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2955 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  38. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2955 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  39. 2.18 km NNE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2954 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.42 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2951 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.93 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2951 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 2.17 km SSE of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.32 km SSE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2950 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 2.714 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2949 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2947 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.70 km ENE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2939 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2938 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 2.55 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2937 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  51. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2937 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2936 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2934 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2934 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  58. 3.3Oklahoma · 2934 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 1.89 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2933 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away

The first 60 of 81.

Before

  1. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.35 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
  3. 3.15 km SE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2980 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2982 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.65 km NNE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2984 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2985 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 3.15 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 20
  11. 2.65 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.05 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 2986 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.55 km SSW of Langston, Oklahoma · 2987 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 10
  15. 1.93 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2988 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.74 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.78 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.97 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 3.24 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2989 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000gh0c. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:15 AM UTC.