Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 7 km S of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 7 km S of Byron, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 4, 2015, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 6 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-08-04 08:58:09 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.836° N, 98.292° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.3 km horizontally, 6.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
117°
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. 2.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 3.47 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.92 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.08 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 2 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.112 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 3.44 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  8. 4.04 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 11
  9. 1.82 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  14. 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 3.07 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.60 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  18. 3.34 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 3.11 km SSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.86 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  28. 2.68 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 1.66 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 2.95 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  34. 1.52 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 3.19 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
  36. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 1 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 1.94 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 2.38 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 1.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  41. 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 3.24 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  45. 2.64 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  49. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 4
  50. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  51. 1.94 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  52. 2.57 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
  53. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  55. 3.02 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 0 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 1.86 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 3.52 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  60. 3.17 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.66 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.59 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.68 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 3.15 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.84 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.75 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 2.74 km ENE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 3.011 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.5Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 1.6Kansas · 4076 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.52 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.610 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.67 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 3.35 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 12
  19. 2.66 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002xub. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:59 AM UTC.