Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 8 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma on Sat, Aug 8, 2015, 7:58 AM CDT (12:58 UTC), 6 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), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-08-08 12:58:28 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.843° N, 98.235° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.8 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
113°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.24 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  2. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 2.64 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  4. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.94 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.57 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 3.02 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 1.86 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  16. 3.52 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  18. 3.17 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  19. 3.05 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.75 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.77 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  22. 2.22 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.84 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.54 km N of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.67 km NNW of Argonia, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 1.64 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  27. 1.63 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.66 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 1.96 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.97 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  33. 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  34. 2.95 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  35. 1.97 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  36. 1.87 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  37. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  39. 2.03 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  40. 1.93 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  41. 2.72 km NE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  42. 1.85 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 3.08 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  44. 3.15 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 9
  45. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 3.35 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  47. 1.66 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 2.63 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 2.92 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 4.16 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 0 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 152
  51. 2.96 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4064 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
  52. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4064 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 3.211 km SSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  54. 2.97 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  55. 1.6Kansas · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 1.55 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 3.08 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4063 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 1.611 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4063 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 1.84 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 1.613 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4062 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  2. 1.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.38 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.94 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  6. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 1 km deep · 41 km away
  7. 3.19 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  8. 1.52 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.95 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 1.66 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  14. 2.68 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.86 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  20. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100030v6. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:32 PM UTC.