M2.9 earthquake 8 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 8 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma on Mon, Sep 28, 2015, 2:18 AM CDT (07:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 6 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-28 07:18:54 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.851° N, 98.222° 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 1.5 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 113°
- 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
- 2.812 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 3.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.621 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.710 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3970 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
- 1.810 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.76 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3970 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 3.010 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.16 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.57 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
- 3.012 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 1 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.010 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
- 2.916 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.57 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.47 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3969 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.77 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3969 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 2 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.60 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.73 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.011 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.7Kansas · 3968 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3968 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
- 2.710 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 1.97 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.610 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 2 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.17 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3967 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 1.5Kansas · 3967 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3967 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.612 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3966 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.17 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3966 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
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