Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Sep 22, 2018, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 0 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-09-22 12:09:51 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.278° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 4.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
68°
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: 70 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2921 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 3.10 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2919 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.00 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.04 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2918 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  5. 3.01 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.30 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 8
  7. 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2917 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.91 km SSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2915 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 3.49 km WNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  10. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.72 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2914 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  12. 2.415 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 2.90 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.60 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2913 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  15. 2.71 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.50 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2912 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 3.00 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2911 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 3.31 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2911 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2908 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  21. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2907 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  22. 2.51 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2907 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.90 km WNW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2906 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2904 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  25. 3.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2904 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.86 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2903 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 2.85 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2902 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.2Kansas · 2902 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 2.79 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 2902 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2901 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  32. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 1.74 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.25 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2899 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  35. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2899 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 2.68 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2899 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
  37. 2.76 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2897 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 2.95 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  39. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  41. 2.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.54 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2895 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2895 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2895 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 3.10 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 2891 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  47. 3.00 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2889 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  48. 2.65 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 2886 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  49. 1.64 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2885 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 2.50 km SE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 2.52 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2882 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.63 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  53. 2.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 2.7Oklahoma · 2877 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 1.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2877 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  56. 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2877 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  57. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2875 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2874 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  60. 2.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2874 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 70.

Before

  1. 2.64 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2922 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.51 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2924 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 3.08 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
  4. 2.44 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2925 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2926 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 2.60 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2927 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.82 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2928 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2929 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.50 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2930 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 3.08 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2930 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 2.60 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2931 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 3.3Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2932 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.55 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2933 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  18. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 3.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2935 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000himg. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 9:55 PM UTC.