Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 7 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 11, 2015, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-03-11 16:42:05 UTC
Depth
4.0 km (2.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.874° N, 98.218° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.4 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
114°
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 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.57 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  3. 1.61 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.67 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.71 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  6. 2.5Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 1.91 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 3.113 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.60 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4216 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  11. 2.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.06 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 3.9Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 18
  14. 1.66 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4216 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 2.96 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.36 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.66 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 2.16 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 3.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 2.84 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 1.94 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  24. 2.86 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.12 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  26. 2.65 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.61 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.11 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.32 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4215 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  31. 1.83 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4214 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.13 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4214 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4214 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  34. 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4214 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  35. 2.57 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4214 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 3.18 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 8
  37. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  38. 1.87 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4214 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  39. 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4214 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.16 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  41. 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.62 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 2.86 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 1.76 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 1.76 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4213 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  47. 2.69 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  48. 1.74 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  49. 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 3.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 17
  51. 2.81 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  52. 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  53. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  54. 2.85 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 1.96 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  56. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4212 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.86 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  58. 2.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4212 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  59. 2.67 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  60. 1.74 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  2. 2.62 km ENE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 2.91 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.71 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 2.68 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.75 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.75 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4217 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  8. 2.69 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.57 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.63 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  11. 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4218 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.36 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4218 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 26
  13. 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.82 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  15. 2.55 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.94 km NNE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  19. 2.96 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.59 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10001lmc. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC.