Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 7 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 4, 2020, 7:35 PM CST (01:35 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 10 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-12-05 01:35:20 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.300° N, 98.237° 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
±0.20
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
89

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 119 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.58 km ENE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.210 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  4. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.911 km NW of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 1.87 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2119 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  10. 1.53 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2118 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 2.014 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.89 km WSW of El Reno, Oklahoma · 2117 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 3.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 2.19 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2115 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2114 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.84 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2113 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  21. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.73 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  23. 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2112 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.62 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.42 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.03 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  27. 1.85 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2111 days ago · 12 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  29. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2110 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 1.76 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  31. 1.53 km NW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  32. 1.86 km W of Custer City, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.75 km SSW of Cedar Valley, Oklahoma · 2109 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.44 km W of Seiling, Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.54 km E of Enid, Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
  37. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.09 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2106 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 2.01 km SSE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 1.52 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 2.23 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2105 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.9Oklahoma · 2102 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  44. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  45. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  46. 3.110 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  47. 2.39 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 1.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  49. 2.29 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.51 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  51. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.67 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 2101 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  53. 1.82 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  54. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2100 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.1Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  59. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.910 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2099 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2120 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  2. 1.73 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2121 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  3. 2.11 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 2122 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 2.1Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  6. 1.610 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  7. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.010 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  10. 1.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.07 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2124 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2125 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.51 km S of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2126 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 2.04 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  15. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.29 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.99 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 2.610 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2128 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 41
  20. 1.89 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2129 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2020xvmr. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 3:56 PM UTC.