Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 7:34 AM CST (13:34 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 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
2021-01-04 13:34:00 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.298° N, 98.180° 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
±0.19
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: 199 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.615 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2080 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 1.615 km WSW of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2079 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.93 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 3 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 1.96 km NW of Dover, Oklahoma · 2078 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2077 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.66 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.93 km NW of Coyle, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 2.111 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2076 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.310 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.88 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 2074 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.65 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 2073 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 1.79 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2073 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  17. 2.49 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2073 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.69 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2073 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.59 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2073 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2073 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 2.19 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2072 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.93 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2072 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  23. 1.52 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 2071 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  24. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2070 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  25. 1.813 km W of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 2069 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  26. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2069 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.65 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 2068 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.45 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2068 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  29. 2.26 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2068 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  31. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  32. 2.26 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2067 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 2.31 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2065 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 2065 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  35. 1.79 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2064 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 2.26 km ENE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2063 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  38. 1.87 km S of Putnam, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 1.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2062 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.010 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 2061 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  42. 1.56 km ESE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 2060 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  43. 1.89 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2060 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  44. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2060 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.410 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2059 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2059 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.311 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2058 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 2.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
  49. 1.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  50. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2058 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.13 km E of Jet, Oklahoma · 2058 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 2.54 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2057 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  53. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  54. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  55. 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  57. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 3.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  59. 3.66 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 13
  60. 2.35 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 2056 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away

The first 60 of 199.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021agnj. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC.