M2.8 earthquake 2 km S of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 2 km S of Byron, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 9, 2015, 1:20 PM CDT (18:20 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 5 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-09 18:20:39 UTC
- Depth
- 5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.884° 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.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 3.9 km horizontally, 2.5 km in depth
- 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
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4175 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4175 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4175 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.97 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4175 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.56 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4174 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.16 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.97 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.45 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
- 2.55 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4174 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.66 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4173 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4173 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4173 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4173 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.57 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.76 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4173 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.81 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4173 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.53 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4173 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.95 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.86 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 11 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 2 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.47 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4172 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.23 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4172 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 2.96 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.42 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.611 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.99 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.06 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.47 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
- 3.76 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 41
- 2.59 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.47 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4171 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.74 km S of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 1.88 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.712 km ESE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 1.56 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.25 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.38 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.78 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.76 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 4170 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4170 days ago · 3 km deep · 73 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000twug. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:41 AM UTC.