Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 11 km S of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km S of Ames, Oklahoma on Wed, Nov 25, 2020, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-11-25 09:57:00 UTC
Depth
6.2 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.140° N, 98.179° 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
±0.25
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
67

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  2. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 1.7Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  4. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 1.56 km E of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 41
  8. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 2.29 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  10. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 2.04 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.51 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2126 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.07 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  18. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  20. 2.1Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  21. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  22. 2.11 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  24. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  25. 1.77 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 1.58 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  28. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  29. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  30. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  31. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  32. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  33. 1.911 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  34. 1.53 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  36. 2.014 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  37. 1.89 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 3.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  39. 2.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  42. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  43. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2113 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  45. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.73 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  48. 2.62 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.03 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  51. 1.85 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
  52. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  53. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.76 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 1.53 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  56. 1.86 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.75 km SSW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2108 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 2.44 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  60. 2.54 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 6

The first 60 of 147.

Before

  1. 1.63 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 2.49 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  5. 2.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  6. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 2.25 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.35 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  9. 1.75 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.15 km NE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.4Oklahoma · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.53 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 1.88 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.99 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  16. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2131 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 2.36 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2132 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020xdwe. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 8:52 AM UTC.