M3.0 earthquake 5 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 5 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma on Fri, Nov 21, 2014, 8:56 AM CST (14:56 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 4 km S of Harper, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-11-21 14:56:17 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.879° N, 98.243° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.1 km horizontally, 7.1 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 154°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.44 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4279 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 3.5Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
- 3.0Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.13 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.81 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.91 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.613 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.62 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.96 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.54 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.53 km NW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 8
- 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 9
- 2.74 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
- 2.98 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 1.56 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.67 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NNW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.013 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 5
- 2.54 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.68 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.717 km SW of Hardtner, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 2.25 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.76 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.32 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.78 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.24 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 3.01 km NW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 12
- 1.98 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.44 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.06 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
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