Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 5 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 16, 2020, 7:55 AM CDT (12:55 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-03-16 12:55:03 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.281° N, 98.228° 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
±0.15
Station coverage gap
92°
Stations used
41

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 146 in the 60 days after this one and 52 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  2. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.95 km S of Canton, Oklahoma · 2379 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 2.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2378 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.66 km SE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2378 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.34 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2377 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.94 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.54 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2376 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.69 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  15. 2.67 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2375 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2374 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.09 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2373 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 1.67 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 1.812 km NW of Watonga, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 8
  22. 1.8Oklahoma · 2372 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.77 km E of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 1.74 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2371 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  25. 2.98 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2370 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  26. 3.19 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 7
  27. 1.83 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.81 km NE of Guthrie, Oklahoma · 2368 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 28
  29. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  32. 2.43 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2367 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.93 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2365 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  34. 1.64 km ENE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2365 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  35. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 45
  36. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 116
  37. 1.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2363 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.22 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  40. 2.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 1.711 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2362 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 2.13 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.13 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  44. 1.56 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 1.53 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2359 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  46. 2.33 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.915 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2358 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  48. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  49. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  50. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2357 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  51. 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2356 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  53. 1.64 km NNW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 2355 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.610 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2353 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.74 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  56. 1.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  57. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.69 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 2.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 2352 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 5
  60. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2351 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 1.79 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2382 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 1.84 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2382 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.02 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.614 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2384 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.12 km NNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  7. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2386 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 1.710 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2387 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2388 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2389 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2390 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2390 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 1.715 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2391 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.62 km WSW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2392 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020fiah. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC.