M1.7 earthquake 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma on Wed, Jun 26, 2024, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 14 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Oklahoma Geological Survey
- Local time
- UTC
- 2024-06-26 20:56:32 UTC
- Depth
- 7.8 km (4.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.295° N, 98.184° 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
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 39°
- 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: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 32 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.86 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 828 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 1.59 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 826 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.47 km SW of Meridian, Oklahoma · 825 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.76 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 824 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 821 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.87 km W of Thomas, Oklahoma · 820 days ago · 22 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.514 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 811 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 6
- 1.79 km NNE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 810 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.114 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 810 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 3.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 810 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 8
- 1.914 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 810 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.514 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 810 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.513 km NE of Geary, Oklahoma · 809 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 809 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 809 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 809 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.515 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 807 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 807 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.72 km N of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 806 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.62 km NNE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 806 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.64 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 806 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 805 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.710 km WNW of Okarche, Oklahoma · 804 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.68 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 801 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 1.65 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 800 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.114 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 799 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 7
- 1.914 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 799 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.46 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.514 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 797 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.014 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 790 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.58 km ESE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 788 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.56 km N of Calumet, Oklahoma · 787 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.82 km SSE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 785 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.05 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 785 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
- 1.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 785 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Piedmont, Oklahoma · 780 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 779 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 778 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 11
- 1.66 km W of Arcadia, Oklahoma · 777 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 771 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.714 km W of Greenfield, Oklahoma · 769 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 769 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
Before
- 1.66 km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma · 830 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.74 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 832 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.24 km NE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 832 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 4
- 1.67 km SE of Kingfisher, Oklahoma · 832 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.96 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 836 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Canton, Oklahoma · 837 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.56 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 837 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.65 km NE of Canton, Oklahoma · 837 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.816 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 840 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.86 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 842 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 842 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Watonga, Oklahoma · 842 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.54 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 843 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.65 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 843 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.74 km NNE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 844 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.910 km NNE of Coyle, Oklahoma · 846 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.53 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 847 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.83 km NNE of Okeene, Oklahoma · 847 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.613 km W of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 847 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Calumet, Oklahoma · 850 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
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