M2.7 earthquake 9 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km S of Byron, Oklahoma on Mon, Nov 23, 2015, 7:35 PM CST (01:35 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.7 16 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-24 01:35:35 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.815° N, 98.277° 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 3.1 km horizontally, 7.4 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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.09 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 2.57 km SSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
- 4.17 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 20
- 2.06 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3961 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.77 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3961 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.812 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 2.87 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3960 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3960 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.64 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.112 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
- 3.13 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 3.03 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3960 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.03 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.211 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, KS · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.90 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3959 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3959 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.64 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3958 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.73 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3957 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3957 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3956 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.06 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
- 2.33 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3956 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3956 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2,647
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3955 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 35
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3955 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
The first 60 of at least 201.
Before
- 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.39 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
- 3.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 13
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.47 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 411
- 1.89 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.25 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.212 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3962 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.611 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3962 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.21 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 0 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.85 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.715 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.77 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.05 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3963 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.04 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3963 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3964 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100040ln. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:47 PM UTC.