Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma on Wed, Nov 2, 2016, 11:51 AM CDT (16:51 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 2 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-11-02 16:51:08 UTC
Depth
5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.838° N, 98.261° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
79°
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: 166 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.96 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3610 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.62 km N of Isabella, Oklahoma · 3609 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  4. 2.89 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3609 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.33 km W of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 11
  6. 2.94 km E of Milton, Kansas · 3608 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.94 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3607 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 3.17 km SSE of Milton, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 34
  9. 2.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 4.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 22
  11. 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3606 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 3.316 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3606 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 26
  13. 2.616 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 9
  14. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3605 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  15. 3.314 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 12
  16. 2.514 km SSE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.68 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3604 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 3.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 41
  19. 2.66 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3604 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  20. 2.64 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3603 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 3.37 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3602 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  22. 1.66 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3602 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  23. 2.76 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  24. 2.611 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.411 km NNW of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3601 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.59 km E of Medford, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  27. 2.37 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  28. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.53 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
  30. 2.58 km SW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.67 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.17 km ESE of Anthony, Kansas · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 2.610 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 7
  34. 2.910 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3600 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  35. 3.116 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 1.65 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  37. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  38. 2.66 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 3.016 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3599 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3599 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3598 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.64 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.77 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3598 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  46. 1.64 km SE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3597 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  48. 2.56 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.54 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3596 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 2.710 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.61 km NW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.52 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  54. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3595 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  55. 2.85 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  56. 2.82 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  57. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3594 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 10

The first 60 of 166.

Before

  1. 2.51 km N of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.74 km NNE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 4
  3. 2.86 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3611 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 7
  6. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
  10. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.8Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  15. 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  16. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  19. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100073re. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.