M2.0 earthquake 7 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 7 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-03-28 22:34:06 UTC
- Depth
- 6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.315° N, 98.178° 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
- ±0.17
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 83
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2004 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2000 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1999 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.74 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 1998 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1997 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1996 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.810 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1995 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1989 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1988 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.05 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1987 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1986 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1985 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1985 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1985 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1985 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1985 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1985 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.17 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 1985 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.711 km SE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1983 days ago · 21 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1979 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.810 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1979 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.09 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 1979 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.89 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.010 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.39 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1977 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1975 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.310 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1974 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.914 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1974 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.414 km WNW of Union City, Oklahoma · 1974 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.010 km SW of Hardtner, Kansas · 1972 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.34 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1970 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1970 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.310 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1967 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.54 km WNW of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.64 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.84 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.84 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.14 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km WNW of Langston, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.74 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.04 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1965 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1964 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1963 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.72 km SE of Aline, Oklahoma · 1961 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.515 km W of Canton, Oklahoma · 1960 days ago · 17 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1958 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 1956 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.14 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1955 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.210 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1953 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 1953 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.36 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1952 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.76 km NNE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1950 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.17 km ESE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1950 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
The first 60 of 69.
Before
- 1.96 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 2005 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.710 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.4Oklahoma · 2006 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 2010 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.311 km W of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
- 1.75 km NW of Bison, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.59 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 2011 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.95 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.36 km W of Mutual, Oklahoma · 2012 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.49 km WSW of Isabella, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.68 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.74 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
- 1.811 km S of Ames, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.66 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.914 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 2013 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2014 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 2015 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.57 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 2016 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.05 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 2017 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km SE of Loyal, Oklahoma · 2019 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021gcvy. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:27 AM UTC.