M2.6 earthquake 5 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma on Thu, Dec 4, 2014, 9:52 AM CST (15:52 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE 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
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-04 15:52:22 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.859° N, 98.261° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 4.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 191°, 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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.57 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 5
- 2.77 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.74 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4317 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.55 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.3Kansas · 4317 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4317 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.513 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4317 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.88 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 2.67 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4316 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.66 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.25 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.97 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
- 2.93 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.87 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4315 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4314 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.66 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.57 km SSW of Deer Creek, OK · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.512 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.75 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4314 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 2.66 km WNW of Braman, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.612 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.912 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.15 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.26 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4313 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.88 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4313 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.76 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.66 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.92 km ENE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.55 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.612 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.61 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.18 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4312 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4312 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4312 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.92 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Amorita, OK · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
- 1.92 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4311 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.62 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
- 3.02 km NE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4317 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.45 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.15 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
- 3.010 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 2.77 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.22 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.95 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.84 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.75 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 2.95 km NNW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4318 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.08 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4319 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.52 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.96 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4319 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
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