Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 6 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 14, 2019, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 12 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-03-15 01:13:24 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.301° N, 98.192° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.23
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
96

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.38 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2749 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 2.15 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2748 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  6. 1.77 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2748 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.611 km W of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2748 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 1.77 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.00 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.77 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.012 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2747 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 93
  13. 1.611 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 2747 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.811 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2746 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 1.82 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 2746 days ago · 2 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  17. 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2744 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 11
  18. 1.58 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2743 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2743 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  20. 1.74 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2742 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.19 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2742 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 2.10 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 3.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 11
  26. 1.79 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2741 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  28. 1.721 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2740 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 1.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2740 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 2.39 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 2.19 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 2.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2739 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.29 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2739 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  34. 2.49 km ESE of Bison, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.64 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 2.09 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2738 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 1.56 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  39. 1.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.12 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  41. 1.93 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  42. 2.314 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  43. 1.910 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 2.214 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2737 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 2.59 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 2.15 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2736 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  47. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2736 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  48. 1.82 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 1.97 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2733 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.42 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.90 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 1.89 km WSW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  53. 1.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 1.67 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 1.62 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 1.62 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2732 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  57. 1.91 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2731 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 1.77 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2731 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.26 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2731 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 1.86 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2730 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 2.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  2. 2.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.3Oklahoma · 2749 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 2.71 km WNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2750 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.41 km WNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2750 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.72 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2750 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 2.511 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2751 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 17
  8. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2751 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.0Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2752 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 2.22 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2753 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  12. 2.38 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2754 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  13. 2.49 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 2754 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2755 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.28 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2756 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.56 km N of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2757 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.18 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2757 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  18. 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.08 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  20. 1.813 km ESE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2758 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019fdmd (also filed as us1000jg45). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.