M2.5 earthquake 7 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 24, 2016, 6:13 AM CST (12:13 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 3 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-24 12:13:50 UTC
- Depth
- 6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.844° N, 98.242° 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 2.7 km horizontally, 2.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 97°
- 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: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.55 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 1
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3556 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.61 km E of Danville, Kansas · 3556 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3556 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 9
- 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3555 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 3
- 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.58 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 1 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 5
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 4
- 2.14 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3546 days ago · 4 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
- 1.8Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.86 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3544 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.06 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3544 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 8
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 7
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3542 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 5
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.89 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.110 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
- 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3540 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3540 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 6
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
- 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3536 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3536 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
The first 60 of 170.
Before
- 3.010 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 2.310 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3560 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3561 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
- 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.98 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 7
- 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 1.61 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3563 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
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