M1.8 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Thu, May 19, 2022, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 6 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-05-19 18:34:57 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.298° N, 98.192° 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
- ±0.22
- Station coverage gap
- 70°
- Stations used
- 92
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 45 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.37 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1592 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.17 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1592 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.7Oklahoma · 1592 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1584 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1581 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1578 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1578 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1577 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1575 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.910 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1574 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.55 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1571 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1570 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.61 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1570 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.16 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1568 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.27 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1568 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.711 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 1568 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1568 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1565 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1562 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1561 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1561 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.1Oklahoma · 1561 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1561 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1559 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1556 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 1554 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1552 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.84 km S of Avard, Oklahoma · 1550 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1549 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 1.94 km W of Dover, Oklahoma · 1547 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.810 km SSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1546 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.0Oklahoma · 1545 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.56 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1543 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.51 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1542 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 1542 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.77 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1542 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.17 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1542 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.610 km ESE of Chester, Oklahoma · 1540 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1534 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 1534 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1534 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 1533 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.74 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1533 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
Before
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1593 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.210 km E of Longdale, Oklahoma · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1594 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 1594 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1594 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.76 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 1595 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.67 km E of El Reno, Oklahoma · 1596 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.210 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 1597 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.210 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 1597 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.6Oklahoma · 1597 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.110 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 1597 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.910 km E of Longdale, Oklahoma · 1598 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.310 km WNW of Okeene, Oklahoma · 1599 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 4
- 2.26 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1603 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.36 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1603 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.27 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1604 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1604 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1604 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.97 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1604 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1604 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2022jtof. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC.