Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 16, 2019, 12:17 PM CST (18:17 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 7 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-16 18:17:40 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.294° N, 98.175° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
70

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 155 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2470 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.75 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  4. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.013 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.65 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 2.25 km WSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.79 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.66 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.19 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  15. 1.73 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 1.72 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  18. 2.14 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.54 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 1.63 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.613 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  25. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  26. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  28. 3.412 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 14
  29. 1.811 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  30. 1.913 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  32. 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  37. 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 70
  38. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  39. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  40. 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  41. 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
  44. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 2.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  47. 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 1.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  50. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.9Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  54. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 1.514 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 1.77 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  58. 1.6Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  59. 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  60. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away

The first 60 of 155.

Before

  1. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 1.56 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 1.74 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  6. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  10. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.81 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.32 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.07 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.615 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.1Oklahoma · 2475 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.815 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.615 km NW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.51 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2476 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019ypau (also filed as us60006s90). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:25 PM UTC.