M3.1 earthquake 5 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma on Wed, Mar 23, 2016, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 3 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-03-23 11:45:16 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.867° N, 98.341° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 87°
- 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
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3818 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.212 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.613 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3818 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.010 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km S of Braman, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.012 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.43 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 32
- 2.618 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3817 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.412 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.112 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3817 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.49 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3816 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3816 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3816 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3815 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.37 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3814 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.55 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3814 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.51 km W of Braman, Oklahoma · 3813 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
- 1.8Kansas · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.712 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3812 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.67 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3812 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.16 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3812 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 3.012 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.113 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.84 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3811 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.86 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.96 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3811 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.62 km NNE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.88 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.24 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3810 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3809 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.89 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.517 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3808 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.14 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3808 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.08 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.61 km WSW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.74 km S of Braman, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3807 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3806 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.69 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.615 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.513 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.88 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3806 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.318 km SW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
- 2.3Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 2.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.92 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3805 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.94 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3805 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
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