M2.4 earthquake 8 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 3:07 AM CDT (08:07 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 7 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-06-08 08:07:56 UTC
- Depth
- 7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.283° N, 98.263° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.21
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 91
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.19 km N of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2629 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.810 km N of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2629 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.09 km N of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2629 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.09 km N of Oakwood, Oklahoma · 2629 days ago · 17 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2628 days ago · 20 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2628 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2627 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2627 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.28 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2627 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2627 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 1.710 km SSW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2627 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2626 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2626 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2626 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.98 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2626 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 5
- 2.18 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2626 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2626 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2626 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.27 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2626 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.62 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2625 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2625 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.110 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2624 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.4Oklahoma · 2623 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.4Oklahoma · 2623 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2622 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.26 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2622 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2622 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.34 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 2622 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.512 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2620 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.510 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2619 days ago · 17 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.68 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2619 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.74 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 2619 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2619 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.1Oklahoma · 2618 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2618 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2617 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2617 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2617 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.18 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.58 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.88 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.214 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 1.713 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.813 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.712 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.36 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
- 3.08 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 2.113 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.013 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.67 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.37 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.113 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.3Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.913 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 71
- 2.713 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
- 1.612 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.012 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.513 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.913 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2616 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019ldhp. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:22 AM UTC.