Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Apr 6, 2019, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 15 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-04-06 10:03:32 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.292° N, 98.199° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
92

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 79 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.713 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2725 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.015 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2725 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.66 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2725 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.97 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2725 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2725 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 1.74 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2724 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 1.9Oklahoma · 2724 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.615 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2723 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.915 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2723 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.74 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2723 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.74 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2723 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2722 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  13. 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2721 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 1.5Oklahoma · 2720 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 2.415 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2720 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.71 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 1.715 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.816 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2719 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.910 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2718 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2716 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 9
  22. 2.38 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2714 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.39 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2714 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 2.47 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2714 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.24 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.40 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2713 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.54 km SE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2710 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 2708 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  29. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2702 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 7
  30. 2.36 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2699 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.35 km SE of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2699 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.49 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2698 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 2.88 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2690 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2689 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  36. 2.54 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 2689 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  38. 2.78 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  40. 2.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2687 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  41. 4.48 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3,012
  42. 2.310 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2685 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 7
  43. 2.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2684 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 3.39 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2684 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 16
  45. 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2684 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 2.9Oklahoma · 2681 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  47. 2.48 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2679 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 2.36 km SW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2678 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 1.58 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  50. 1.68 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  51. 3.18 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2676 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.91 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2675 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  53. 2.25 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  54. 1.79 km SW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  55. 1.86 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 2.610 km ESE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2673 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  57. 2.02 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 1.99 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2672 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 2.31 km SSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 2.27 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2671 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away

The first 60 of 79.

Before

  1. 1.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 2.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.93 km WSW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.98 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.69 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2726 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  6. 1.89 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  7. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 2.59 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  9. 1.83 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 1.82 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.62 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 2.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.89 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  14. 2.08 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  15. 2.09 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2727 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.415 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2728 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2728 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2728 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.57 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2729 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2729 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019gsis. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.