Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma on Mon, Mar 14, 2016, 5:17 AM CDT (10:17 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-03-14 10:17:22 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.839° N, 98.276° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
98°
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 1.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 2.25 km NW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.61 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 2.14 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.60 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.918 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.38 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 14 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 3.15 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  11. 1.710 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  12. 2.55 km ESE of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.810 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 2.19 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.812 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3850 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3850 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  17. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  19. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  21. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  22. 1.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 2.911 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 3.36 km WNW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  26. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  27. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  28. 1.8Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  29. 3.07 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 1.812 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  31. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3849 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  32. 3.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.68 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 3.18 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  35. 1.613 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  36. 2.57 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 1.52 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.911 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3848 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 1.818 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 1.518 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3848 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  42. 1.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.67 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 2.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 2.118 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 1.518 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  47. 2.75 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3847 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  48. 2.99 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.96 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3847 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  51. 2.510 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  52. 1.5Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  53. 2.811 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.65 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 3846 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  55. 1.72 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 1.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  57. 2.018 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  59. 2.017 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  60. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3846 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.92 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 2.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 3.2Oklahoma · 3851 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 4
  7. 2.018 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.91 km SE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 2.81 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  12. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.47 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.915 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3852 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 1.812 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 2.218 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 1.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3853 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.88 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3853 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004xcy. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:06 AM UTC.