Oklahoma earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 5 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 5 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma on Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 7:34 AM CST (13:34 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.1 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-02-08 13:34:35 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.284° N, 98.223° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.24
Station coverage gap
46°
Stations used
85

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 66 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.06 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.87 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1686 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1685 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.26 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1685 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 2.46 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1684 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1683 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.72 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1682 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.23 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1681 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1680 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.72 km WNW of Loyal, Oklahoma · 1680 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.07 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1679 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.76 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1679 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  16. 2.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  17. 1.76 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 2.22 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1677 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 1.910 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1675 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  20. 1.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1675 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  21. 3.27 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 11
  22. 2.36 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  23. 1.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  24. 2.97 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.06 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1674 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 1.97 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  27. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 2.06 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1672 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 2.04 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1672 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1670 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  31. 1.75 km NE of Crescent, Oklahoma · 1669 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  32. 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1668 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  33. 1.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1666 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.74 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1666 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  35. 1.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1665 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  36. 1.87 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 1665 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  37. 2.14 km E of Isabella, Oklahoma · 1661 days ago · 19 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 1.84 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1661 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  39. 2.212 km WSW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 1657 days ago · 19 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1657 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 1.81 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1655 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  42. 1.97 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1654 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  43. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1651 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  44. 1.811 km W of Crescent, Oklahoma · 1651 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  45. 1.98 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1651 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.94 km NE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 1647 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  47. 1.61 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1645 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  48. 2.08 km W of Drummond, Oklahoma · 1645 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  49. 1.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1644 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  50. 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1643 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1642 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  52. 3.35 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 1640 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 261
  53. 1.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1639 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 1.88 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1638 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.8Oklahoma · 1635 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 1.59 km N of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1635 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 1.69 km N of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1634 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  58. 1.810 km N of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1634 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  59. 1.710 km SSE of Okarche, Oklahoma · 1634 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  60. 1.79 km N of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1633 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away

The first 60 of 66.

Before

  1. 2.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1688 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 7
  3. 1.77 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.3Oklahoma · 1690 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.52 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1691 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.95 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1692 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.88 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1692 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.02 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 23 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.68 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 1.78 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1693 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.46 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 91
  15. 1.76 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 96
  16. 4.57 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 4,769
  17. 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  18. 1.68 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.89 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1695 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.69 km SW of Yukon, Oklahoma · 1696 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2022cslz (also filed as us7000gj30). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:28 PM UTC.