Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 1 km S of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km S of Byron, Oklahoma on Thu, Feb 26, 2015, 10:25 PM CST (04:25 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-02-27 04:25:13 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.886° N, 98.296° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 7.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
119°
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. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, KS · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.98 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 1.78 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4233 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 1.6Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 2.52 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
  9. 1.81 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  10. 2.64 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.71 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.83 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  13. 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.23 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 2.8Oklahoma · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.73 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  17. 1.83 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.33 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4232 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4231 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  24. 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 3.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 14
  26. 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.76 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4231 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  30. 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4230 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.54 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4230 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  33. 3.04 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4230 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  34. 3.24 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 10
  35. 1.78 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  37. 2.84 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  38. 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
  39. 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.512 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  41. 3.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 31
  42. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  43. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4229 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  44. 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4229 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 2.94 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.68 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  48. 2.85 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  49. 2.612 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4228 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.55 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4228 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 2.612 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.93 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4227 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.89 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
  55. 2.56 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.85 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4227 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 2.811 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  60. 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4227 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4233 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 2.512 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4233 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.614 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.31 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 2.912 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4234 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.72 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 10 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4234 days ago · 1 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 3.16 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  11. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  12. 2.83 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.58 km S of Covington, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 3.33 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4235 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
  15. 2.33 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 1.73 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4235 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 3.45 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4236 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 3
  18. 2.25 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  19. 2.48 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4236 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000ttmu. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 7:10 AM UTC.