Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 3 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma on Sun, Oct 9, 2016, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 17 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-09 22:52:15 UTC
Depth
12.5 km (7.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.884° N, 98.257° 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 2.3 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
68

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 199 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  3. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.84 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  6. 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3637 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.54 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3636 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  9. 1.74 km ENE of Harper, Kansas · 3636 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 34
  11. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  12. 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.5Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 2.5Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.84 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  21. 1.57 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3633 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  22. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  23. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3633 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 1.74 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 1.65 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3631 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 2.25 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  29. 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  30. 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  31. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  33. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  34. 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  35. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  37. 3.113 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  38. 3.41 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  39. 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  41. 4.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 48
  42. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  43. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  44. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  48. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 2.8Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  52. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  53. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  54. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 3.113 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  57. 2.20 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  58. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 4
  59. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 3.32 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  3. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3640 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.911 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3641 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
  8. 2.37 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3641 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.7Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 3.62 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 1.59 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3642 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  18. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  19. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  20. 2.012 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3645 days ago · 3 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007d03. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC.