M2.5 earthquake 6 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Wed, Jun 10, 2020, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 9 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-06-11 02:54:49 UTC
- Depth
- 7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.302° N, 98.187° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 198 in the 60 days after this one and 127 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.45 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.96 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.63 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2299 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.79 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2298 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.16 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2297 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.66 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2296 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2296 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.07 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2294 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.97 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2294 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.39 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2293 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.17 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2293 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2293 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.56 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2292 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2291 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2290 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.98 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.63 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 4.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1,768
- 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 13
- 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.16 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2289 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.710 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2288 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 41
- 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
- 1.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.76 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2287 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.9Oklahoma · 2286 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2286 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2285 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
The first 60 of 198.
Before
- 1.94 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.811 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.76 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2300 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2301 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 2301 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.613 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 2301 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.93 km SE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.811 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.66 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.86 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 1.86 km ESE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2302 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 2303 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2303 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.06 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2304 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020lkfg (also filed as us6000a9p1). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:18 AM UTC.