Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 6 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km SSW of Byron, Oklahoma on Thu, May 19, 2016, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-05-20 02:45:50 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.848° N, 98.314° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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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 2.3 km horizontally, 6.7 km in depth
Station coverage gap
102°
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 145 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.016 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 2.27 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 1.52 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 1.62 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 2.77 km E of Avard, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  7. 1.95 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.67 km N of Meno, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  9. 2.63 km ESE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3781 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.74 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  11. 2.37 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3781 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.67 km ENE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 2.72 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 3.22 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3779 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  16. 1.64 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3779 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  19. 2.66 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.57 km N of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3778 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  21. 2.08 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 2.610 km SSE of Sun City, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.711 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  25. 2.55 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  26. 2.05 km ENE of Danville, Kansas · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  27. 3.217 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 2.93 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3777 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.67 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  31. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 2.34 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  33. 2.85 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  34. 2.211 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  35. 2.97 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  36. 2.75 km WSW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3776 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  37. 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3776 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  39. 2.62 km NW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  40. 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3775 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 1.66 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3775 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  42. 3.216 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  44. 2.84 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3775 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 1.93 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3774 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.512 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3774 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  47. 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 1.83 km NW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3773 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.87 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3773 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 1.68 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3772 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 2.63 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3771 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  53. 1.95 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 1.74 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3770 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  55. 2.86 km NW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.55 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3770 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  57. 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  58. 2.86 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 3.25 km SW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  60. 2.58 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3770 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  2. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  3. 2.25 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3782 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.66 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3782 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.6Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 2.87 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3783 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  8. 1.86 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3783 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3784 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3785 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.78 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.62 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3786 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 9
  14. 2.73 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.98 km W of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.06 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 2.811 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
  19. 2.713 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3787 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.55 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3788 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1

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