Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 14, 2019, 12:14 PM CST (18:14 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 6 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-14 18:14:03 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.295° N, 98.188° 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
±0.18
Station coverage gap
74°
Stations used
61

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 165 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 1.74 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 1.56 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2470 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.75 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  17. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.013 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.65 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.25 km WSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 2.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.79 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.66 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  24. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  26. 2.19 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.73 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.72 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  30. 2.14 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  31. 1.54 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.63 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.613 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  36. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  37. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  38. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  40. 3.412 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 14
  41. 1.811 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 1.913 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  47. 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2460 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 70
  50. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  53. 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  54. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
  56. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  57. 2.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  59. 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  60. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 165.

Before

  1. 1.81 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.32 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.615 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.1Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.815 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.615 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.51 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2477 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.87 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2477 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  12. 2.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2478 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  13. 2.27 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2478 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.98 km W of Drummond, Oklahoma · 2478 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.03 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2479 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 2.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2479 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.64 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2479 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.81 km NE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2480 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2480 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 2.512 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2480 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019yljr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC.