Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 5:13 AM CDT (10:13 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 9 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2020-08-05 10:13:10 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.291° N, 98.174° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.22
Station coverage gap
42°
Stations used
72

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 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2241 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.75 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2241 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2241 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.55 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2240 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 1.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2240 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2239 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 1.67 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 2238 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.68 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2238 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.69 km ESE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2238 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  10. 1.86 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2237 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.67 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2236 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.69 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 1.99 km N of Chester, Oklahoma · 2234 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.54 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 2233 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  15. 2.03 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 3.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.98 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2232 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  20. 1.53 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 1.78 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.98 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.95 km SW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 1.89 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2231 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 2.13 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 3.13 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.74 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 1.58 km N of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 2.24 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  30. 1.64 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  31. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 1.83 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.85 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  34. 1.63 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2230 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  36. 2.14 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 2229 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  37. 1.60 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2229 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 1.63 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 2229 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.63 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2228 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2227 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  41. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2227 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  42. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2227 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2225 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  44. 1.98 km NNW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2225 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  45. 1.97 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2225 days ago · 17 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.06 km SW of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2224 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  47. 1.78 km NW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2224 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  48. 1.85 km NNE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2224 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  49. 2.09 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2223 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2223 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 2.16 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2223 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  52. 2.35 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2223 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  53. 1.79 km NW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 2222 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  54. 1.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2222 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  55. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  56. 2.47 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  57. 2.77 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.16 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2221 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2219 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 2.26 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2218 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away

The first 60 of 146.

Before

  1. 1.86 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2241 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 1.62 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 2241 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.52 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2241 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  4. 1.63 km NW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2242 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2242 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.92 km SSE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2242 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 2.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2242 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  8. 3.49 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2242 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 10
  9. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2243 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 1.69 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2243 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  11. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2243 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 2.29 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2243 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  13. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2243 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.63 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  17. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2244 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020phgk (also filed as us6000b9lm). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:45 AM UTC.