Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 5 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 5 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 19, 2019, 10:09 PM CST (04:09 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-20 04:09:20 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.292° N, 98.172° 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 IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
60

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 160 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.79 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.66 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.19 km WSW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2468 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 1.73 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 1.72 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  9. 2.14 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.54 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 1.63 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.613 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 4
  19. 3.412 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 14
  20. 1.811 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 1.913 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  26. 2.15 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  27. 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 70
  29. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  30. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  31. 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
  35. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  37. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  38. 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  39. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 1.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.9Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  44. 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 1.514 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 1.77 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  49. 1.6Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  50. 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  51. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  52. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  53. 2.35 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  54. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.42 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  56. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  57. 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 16
  58. 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away

The first 60 of 160.

Before

  1. 2.25 km WSW of Thomas, Oklahoma · 2469 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.65 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.013 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  4. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2470 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.75 km SW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 2471 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.611 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 2471 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2472 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 2.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.56 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.74 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2473 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  19. 2.06 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.96 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2474 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019yvgu (also filed as us70006nwv). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:33 AM UTC.