Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 6 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 6 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma on Fri, Feb 6, 2015, 1:12 PM CST (19:12 UTC), 5 km (3 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
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-02-06 19:12:28 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.864° N, 98.233° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people 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 1.9 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
114°
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. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.810 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 3.23 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  6. 1.51 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.73 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  10. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.42 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.91 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  13. 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.67 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4250 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  17. 2.510 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 3.09 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4250 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.38 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  20. 3.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 26
  21. 2.15 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 1.54 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  23. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  24. 2.67 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.75 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  26. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  27. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  28. 2.64 km WSW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  29. 3.07 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4249 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 2.84 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4249 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 1.87 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  33. 2.66 km E of Nash, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 2.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  36. 3.13 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 9
  37. 2.53 km NW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  40. 2.76 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  42. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  43. 2.16 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
  44. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 3.13 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  46. 1.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 2.18 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 2.86 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  49. 2.04 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  51. 1.86 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  52. 2.73 km NNW of Anthony, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
  53. 3.53 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 9
  54. 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  55. 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.63 km SW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  57. 2.57 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4246 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 3.44 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  59. 1.75 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  60. 1.55 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4245 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.83 km SE of Danville, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  2. 3.13 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.43 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 9
  4. 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.55 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.73 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 3.43 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 4.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 289
  14. 2.76 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 1.84 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  16. 2.92 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
  17. 2.54 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 3.44 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
  19. 2.83 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  20. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tmtd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC.