Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 5 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 12:04 AM CST (06:04 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 1 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2019-12-28 06:04:05 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.292° N, 98.201° 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
±0.20
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
54

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 153 in the 60 days after this one and 46 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.716 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.71 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 70
  3. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2459 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2458 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 1.54 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 2.44 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 2.24 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 3.14 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2457 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2456 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 2.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  11. 1.916 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2455 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.9Oklahoma · 2454 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.23 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 1.53 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  19. 1.75 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.712 km SSW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2453 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  21. 1.514 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 2451 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.77 km NNE of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  23. 1.6Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.63 km ESE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  25. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2450 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.44 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2449 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.35 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 2.25 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2448 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 2.42 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  30. 2.85 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  31. 3.45 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2447 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 16
  32. 2.38 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.24 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  35. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 2.24 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  38. 2.15 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2446 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.2Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2445 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 2.17 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2444 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  45. 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 2.215 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 2442 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  47. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.74 km E of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.77 km S of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 2.0Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 2.13 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2441 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  54. 2.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 2.30 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2440 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  58. 2.310 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2439 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  59. 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2438 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 153.

Before

  1. 1.73 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2461 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  2. 1.911 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.67 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.87 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 1.913 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2462 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.811 km WNW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 3.412 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2463 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 14
  8. 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.67 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2464 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 2.16 km SSW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.613 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2465 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.63 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.54 km S of Alva, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 2.14 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2466 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.72 km SSW of Meno, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 1.76 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.73 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2467 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2019zkap. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC.