Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 11 km S of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 11 km S of Ames, Oklahoma on Sat, Mar 20, 2021, 12:45 AM CDT (05:45 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 3 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-03-20 05:45:43 UTC
Depth
5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.142° 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
±0.28
Station coverage gap
50°
Stations used
90

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 102 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.23 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  2. 1.73 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.93 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  4. 1.74 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.68 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 2.49 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 2.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.36 km W of Mutual, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 1.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.95 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  12. 1.75 km NW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 3.311 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 7
  14. 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  15. 1.53 km S of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.92 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.64 km S of Union City, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  18. 1.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 2.63 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.51 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.72 km ENE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 1.61 km NE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.24 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  25. 1.55 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.43 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.54 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2008 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 5
  29. 1.54 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.84 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.64 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.64 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.4Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  35. 2.54 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2007 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  36. 1.94 km NNE of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.63 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.23 km N of Minco, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  39. 2.07 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  41. 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2001 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  42. 1.83 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 2001 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 1.74 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 1.611 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1998 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  45. 2.73 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 17
  46. 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 3.22 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 21
  49. 1.62 km SE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  50. 1.71 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  51. 2.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1991 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 3
  53. 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1990 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  54. 1.83 km SSE of Union City, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  55. 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  56. 3.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 1.86 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  58. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  59. 1.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 2.010 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 102.

Before

  1. 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.914 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2015 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  3. 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2015 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 2.56 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 2016 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 1.57 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2018 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  6. 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2018 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.48 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2020 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  10. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  11. 1.68 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 1.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  13. 1.510 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.410 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  16. 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2021 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.55 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2022 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.83 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2023 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.18 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.43 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 2024 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021fmyq. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:37 AM UTC.