Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 10 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma on Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.7 4 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-09-22 14:38:26 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.819° N, 98.245° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
113°
Stations used
40

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. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  2. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  3. 2.45 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  7. 1.66 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 2.99 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  9. 2.59 km ENE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.86 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4021 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.612 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.86 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.716 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4021 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 3.21 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  15. 1.71 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 1.55 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  19. 2.111 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 2.011 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4020 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  22. 3.42 km NNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4020 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.75 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.62 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  25. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.55 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 12 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 3.24 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4019 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  31. 2.79 km SE of Enid, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  32. 2.94 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4018 days ago · 11 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.02 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.66 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.95 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 2.81 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 2.74 km W of Fairview, OK · 4017 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
  38. 1.511 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4017 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  39. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4017 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.58 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4017 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  41. 2.66 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  42. 2.9Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  43. 2.57 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4017 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4017 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  45. 2.98 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 0 km deep · 73 km away
  47. 2.69 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  48. 1.87 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  50. 1.72 km SSW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 3.08 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  52. 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 2.94 km WNW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 4
  54. 2.79 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  55. 1.93 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4016 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  56. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4015 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  57. 3.15 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  58. 2.7Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 2.54 km SW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 3.35 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4015 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 3
  2. 3.39 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4022 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 1.75 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4022 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 3.3Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.43 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.76 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.64 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.84 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
  11. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4023 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 2.96 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4023 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 3.13 km W of Fairview, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 8
  15. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4024 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 1.50 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4024 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  17. 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 3.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4024 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
  19. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4024 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.8Kansas · 4025 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20003mw5. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:37 PM UTC.