Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 2 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km SE of Ames, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 1, 2018, 1:37 AM CDT (06:37 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 3 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-11-01 06:37:14 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.234° N, 98.163° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 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 1.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
88

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 77 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.63 km NNE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2880 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2879 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 2.7Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  4. 1.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2878 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2877 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2876 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2875 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 2.45 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2875 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  10. 2.78 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2872 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  12. 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 2.51 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2871 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  14. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.58 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2870 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 2.91 km S of Medford, Oklahoma · 2868 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.915 km W of Union City, Oklahoma · 2868 days ago · 11 km deep · 96 km away
  18. 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2867 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.74 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 33
  20. 3.010 km E of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2866 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 8
  21. 2.94 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2863 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2863 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 2.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2863 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  24. 2.43 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2862 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 2.89 km NE of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2862 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 3.14 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2861 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  27. 2.44 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2859 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  29. 1.9Kansas · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  31. 2.52 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2858 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.70 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  34. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2856 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  35. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2855 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2853 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.91 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.61 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.21 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 2852 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 2.81 km E of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.67 km S of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  43. 2.32 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2851 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 2.35 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  45. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.62 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2849 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 2.75 km WNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 3.04 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2848 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 6
  49. 2.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 2.43 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  52. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2845 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.711 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2844 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 2843 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2842 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2840 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  58. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  59. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2839 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  60. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2838 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 77.

Before

  1. 2.50 km SE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2883 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.64 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2886 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.65 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 2887 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 3.00 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2889 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  5. 3.10 km W of Chester, Oklahoma · 2892 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.74 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2895 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2896 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2896 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.54 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  10. 2.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.34 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 2.95 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2897 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.76 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2898 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 2.68 km W of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2900 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  16. 1.75 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  17. 2.25 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2900 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.74 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 2901 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000i54y. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:57 PM UTC.