Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 19, 2019, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 11 km NE of Greenfield, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-10-20 03:32:13 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.298° N, 98.191° 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
±0.12
Station coverage gap
49°
Stations used
43

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

  1. 1.711 km NE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2529 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.66 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2529 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.33 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2529 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.111 km NE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2529 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.012 km NE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2528 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  6. 1.76 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 2528 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 1.86 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2528 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.16 km NE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 3.77 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 18
  11. 1.511 km ENE of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  12. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2527 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.911 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.96 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2526 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.55 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 2525 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  17. 2.27 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 1.77 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 1.81 km NE of Dover, Oklahoma · 2523 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.87 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2522 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  21. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2522 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  22. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2522 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 1.57 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2521 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2521 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 1.52 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2520 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  26. 1.87 km N of Union City, Oklahoma · 2519 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 2.16 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2519 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  28. 2.010 km NW of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2519 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  29. 2.52 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2519 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 3
  30. 2.114 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2518 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  31. 2.114 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2518 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  32. 2.011 km SSW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2518 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  33. 2.414 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2518 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.25 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2518 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.86 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2517 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  37. 2.08 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  38. 1.62 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  39. 2.37 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  40. 1.61 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.47 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  43. 2.57 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.16 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  45. 2.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.05 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.15 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  49. 2.26 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  50. 1.615 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  52. 1.715 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  53. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  54. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  55. 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.57 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2512 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2512 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.73 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2512 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 1.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2511 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  60. 2.41 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2511 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019untx. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.