M2.5 earthquake 2 km E of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 2 km E of Byron, Oklahoma on Thu, May 15, 2014, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 4 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-05-15 21:57:37 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.905° N, 98.263° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 220°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 195 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.511 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4512 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.64 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4511 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4511 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.54 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4511 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4510 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.31 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4510 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4508 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.71 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.90 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.90 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.0Kansas · 4507 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4507 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.10 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.60 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.50 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.50 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.80 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.10 km WNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4506 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.50 km NNW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4506 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4505 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.62 km NW of Danville, Kansas · 4504 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.75 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4504 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 3.06 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.66 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4503 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.86 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4503 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.61 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4502 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4502 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.58 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 0 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.64 km E of Covington, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.52 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.61 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.86 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4501 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4500 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4500 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.13 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4500 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.71 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4499 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.66 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4499 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.84 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4499 days ago · 15 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.42 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
- 3.37 km ENE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 7
- 2.88 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4498 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.15 km E of Carrier, Oklahoma · 4498 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 20
- 2.89 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4498 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.49 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4497 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4497 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4496 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4496 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4496 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4495 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4494 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4491 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4490 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.86 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 4
- 2.66 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4489 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.38 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 4489 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.58 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4488 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.79 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4488 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
The first 60 of 195.
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