M2.6 earthquake 7 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Nov 2, 2019, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-11-02 22:25:44 UTC
- Depth
- 3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.310° N, 98.153° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- Stations used
- 94
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 197 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.57 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2516 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.05 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.15 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.26 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.615 km WNW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.13 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2515 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.715 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2513 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.73 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2512 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2511 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.41 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2511 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2510 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.27 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2510 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2510 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2510 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.28 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2508 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2508 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.87 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2507 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.015 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2506 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2506 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.96 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2506 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.53 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2505 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2504 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2504 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.66 km NW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 2504 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.65 km NW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 2503 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.62 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.53 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.58 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2501 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.112 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2500 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.23 km NE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2497 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.01 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2497 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.31 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2497 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.316 km ENE of Chester, Oklahoma · 2497 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.61 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 183
- 1.61 km NNE of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 7
- 3.64 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 4
- 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2496 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2495 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.010 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2495 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2495 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 3.515 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 11
- 2.47 km NE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 1.815 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.613 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.814 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
- 1.7Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.713 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019vmyv (also filed as us700062eq). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC.