Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Fri, Nov 22, 2019, 5:11 PM CST (23:11 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 15 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-11-22 23:11:25 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.294° N, 98.187° 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
±0.24
Station coverage gap
90°
Stations used
34

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. 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2495 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 3.515 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 11
  3. 2.47 km NE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.815 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  5. 1.613 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.814 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.7Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.713 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 2.1Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 2.38 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2494 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.614 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.99 km E of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  13. 1.6Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.314 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  15. 2.813 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.612 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 1.98 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.01 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 1.80 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  21. 1.61 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2493 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  22. 1.5Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.08 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.89 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.28 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2492 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  26. 1.612 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.36 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  28. 3.012 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.812 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 1.86 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  31. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2491 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  32. 1.6Oklahoma · 2490 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  33. 1.71 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2490 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  34. 1.815 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2490 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 2.06 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2490 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.83 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2490 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2489 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.615 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2488 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 2.110 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2488 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  40. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2488 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2488 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  42. 2.43 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 2487 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2487 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2487 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.34 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  46. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  47. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  48. 1.51 km NNE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.91 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 1.72 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2486 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2485 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 2.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2485 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2485 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.25 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2485 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  55. 1.95 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  56. 1.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  57. 1.5Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  58. 1.74 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 1.64 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2484 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 1.66 km WNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2483 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019wxok. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC.