Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 7 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma on Sun, Aug 2, 2015, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC), 5 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
2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-08-02 18:04:53 UTC
Depth
4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.848° N, 98.241° 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 3.2 km horizontally, 7.0 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. 2.75 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4077 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  2. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.84 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4077 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 3.15 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.68 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  7. 1.59 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.66 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 1.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4076 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 3.47 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4076 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.92 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.08 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.112 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  17. 3.44 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  18. 4.04 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 11
  19. 1.82 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  22. 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  24. 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 3.07 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.60 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4075 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  27. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4075 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  28. 3.34 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  30. 3.11 km SSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  31. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  32. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 2.86 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4074 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  38. 2.68 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  40. 1.66 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  41. 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  43. 2.95 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  44. 1.52 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  45. 3.19 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 2 km deep · 41 km away
  46. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  47. 1.94 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 2.38 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  52. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 3.24 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 2.64 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  56. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  57. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  59. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
  60. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 2.74 km ENE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 3.011 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.5Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  4. 1.6Kansas · 4078 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  5. 2.52 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.610 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.67 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4078 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 3.35 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4078 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 12
  9. 2.66 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4079 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 1.67 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  12. 2.53 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4080 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 1.97 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4080 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  14. 2.02 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 1.72 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  16. 2.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  17. 1.76 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.64 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4081 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 2.512 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4081 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.52 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4082 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away

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