M3.3 earthquake 9 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 9 km S of Byron, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 6:54 PM CST (00:54 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 7 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-24 00:54:18 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.818° N, 98.285° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 5
- Strongest shaking
- III, weak shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- III, weak shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.3 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 224°, dip 60°, rake -145°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 115°, dip 60°, rake -35°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.3 km horizontally, 6.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 115°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 12
- 2.63 km E of Milan, Kansas · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 3.08 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 16 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 11
- 3.77 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
- 1.95 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3919 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.37 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
- 2.13 km E of Milan, Kansas · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.2Kansas · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3918 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3918 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.27 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.311 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Kansas · 3918 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.711 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3918 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.14 km N of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3917 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WNW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.010 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3917 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3917 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3916 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.55 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 3916 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3916 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.815 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.210 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3915 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3915 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3915 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.97 km N of Harper, KS · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.77 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3914 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3914 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.97 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3913 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3913 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.66 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.87 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 16
- 3.27 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 3.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3912 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 6
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 71
- 4.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2,713
- 2.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 24
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 7
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 13
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3911 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
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