Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 8:37 AM CST (14:37 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.3 3 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-02-12 14:37:02 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.299° N, 98.178° 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
±0.21
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
96

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.68 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2413 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.75 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2413 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.93 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.33 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.33 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.74 km W of Langston, Oklahoma · 2411 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  7. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.0Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 1.99 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2410 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.55 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  15. 2.02 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2409 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.37 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 2409 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  17. 2.12 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.92 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.92 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2408 days ago · 16 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  20. 1.87 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2407 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  21. 2.6Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  22. 1.72 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2406 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 2.57 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  24. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2405 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.67 km ENE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  26. 1.72 km WNW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.27 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2404 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  30. 1.51 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 2404 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.73 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 2.05 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  33. 1.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2402 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  34. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.08 km W of Drummond, Oklahoma · 2401 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  36. 1.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2400 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  37. 1.74 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2399 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2398 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 1.73 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 2396 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2393 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 1.921 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.62 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  43. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  45. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  47. 1.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  48. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2390 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  49. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2390 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  53. 1.710 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2387 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  54. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  56. 2.12 km NNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2385 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  57. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.614 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2383 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 2.02 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2383 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 1.65 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 2414 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 1.62 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2415 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2415 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.07 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2415 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.03 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  6. 1.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.77 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2416 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.39 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 2416 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.114 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2417 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.614 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2417 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2417 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.09 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.67 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.611 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  16. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2418 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 3.59 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 2418 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 29
  18. 1.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2419 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 1.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  20. 1.67 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 2420 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020czwb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC.