M2.8 earthquake 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 18, 2015, 4:01 PM CST (22:01 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 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
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-18 22:01:29 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.839° N, 98.273° 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, 3.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 116°
- 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
- 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.82 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
- 3.50 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 17
- 2.63 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 11 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 2.811 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.83 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.82 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 1 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.83 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.77 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 3.26 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3893 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 8
- 2.89 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3892 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.811 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.722 km SW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3892 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Helena, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3891 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.69 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.94 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.71 km S of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 3
- 2.510 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3890 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 3.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.515 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.66 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.59 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.816 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3889 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.67 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3888 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
- 1.610 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3888 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3887 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.410 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3887 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 4
- 2.713 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3886 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000488c. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:31 AM UTC.