Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 9 km S of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 9 km S of Byron, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 5, 2015, 9:19 AM CST (15:19 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 11 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-02-05 15:19:39 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.817° N, 98.284° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.9 km horizontally, 7.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
152°
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 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.43 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  3. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.73 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.55 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
  9. 3.43 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 9
  10. 3.13 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  11. 1.83 km SE of Danville, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  16. 2.810 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 3.23 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.51 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  19. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  20. 1.73 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  21. 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  23. 2.42 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  24. 1.91 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.67 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.510 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 3.09 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2
  31. 2.38 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 3.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 26
  33. 2.15 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  37. 2.75 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 2.64 km WSW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 3.07 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.84 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  44. 1.87 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  45. 2.66 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 2.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 3.13 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 9
  49. 2.53 km NW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  50. 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 2.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  53. 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  54. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 2.16 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 3.13 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 2
  58. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 2.18 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  60. 2.86 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 4.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 289
  2. 2.76 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 12 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.84 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.92 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.54 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 3.44 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 9
  7. 2.83 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  8. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 2.95 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  11. 3.22 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 7
  12. 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 3.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  19. 2.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tmju. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 3:08 AM UTC.