M3.0 earthquake 7 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 7 km S of Byron, Oklahoma on Mon, Dec 28, 2015, 9:22 PM CST (03:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.1 18 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
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-12-29 03:22:35 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.834° N, 98.281° 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 2.5 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- 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 198 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 12
- 2.63 km E of Milan, Kansas · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 3.08 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 11
- 3.77 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 5
- 1.95 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3927 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.37 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3927 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
- 2.13 km E of Milan, Kansas · 3927 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.2Kansas · 3927 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.27 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3926 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.04 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.86 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3926 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.27 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3926 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.311 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 2.0Kansas · 3925 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.711 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.14 km N of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
- 1.83 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3925 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.75 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WNW of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.010 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3925 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.111 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3925 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.611 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 3.02 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3924 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 1.55 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 3924 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 3.10 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.815 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
- 3.30 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 2.70 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.210 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3923 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3923 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3923 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.97 km N of Harper, KS · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.77 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3922 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3921 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.97 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3921 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3921 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.66 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.87 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 4.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 16
- 3.27 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3920 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
- 3.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 6
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.416 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 71
- 4.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2,713
- 2.618 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.916 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 24
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
- 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 3.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 13
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3919 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 1.67 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3928 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.79 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3928 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.69 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.99 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.98 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3929 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.66 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.614 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3929 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 6
- 2.46 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3930 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.57 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.68 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.67 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 8
- 3.18 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3931 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3932 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.35 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3933 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004a6u. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:28 AM UTC.