Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 8 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma on Sat, Mar 4, 2017, 11:52 AM CST (17:52 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 8 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-03-04 17:52:52 UTC
Depth
5.5 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.838° N, 98.252° W
Region
Oklahoma
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
133°
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: 184 in the 60 days after this one and 102 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.78 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
  2. 1.79 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3496 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 2.29 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 2.49 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3495 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.83 km E of South Haven, Kansas · 3494 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.88 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 3.310 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  9. 3.210 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.16 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3493 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.613 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 2.513 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.810 km S of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3492 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.47 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 2.815 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3491 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.87 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 3.29 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3491 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.56 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3490 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  20. 2.9Oklahoma · 3490 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 2.17 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  22. 1.63 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3489 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  24. 2.56 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 3489 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.45 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 1.85 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 2.25 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  29. 1.812 km SSW of Milan, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  30. 2.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.45 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3488 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  32. 2.83 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3488 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.512 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3487 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3487 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  35. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3487 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  36. 2.07 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  37. 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3486 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  38. 3.15 km NW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3485 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.65 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.05 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.7Kansas · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3485 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  43. 3.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 8
  44. 2.68 km SW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3484 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.74 km NNW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3483 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  46. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  47. 2.96 km NW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3483 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.97 km S of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3482 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.811 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3481 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  50. 2.62 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3480 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 3.110 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.510 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 3480 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  53. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3479 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 2.50 km WSW of Covington, Oklahoma · 3479 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  55. 2.18 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  56. 2.613 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 2.813 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3478 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.52 km ENE of South Haven, Kansas · 3478 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.714 km WNW of Canton, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  60. 2.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3477 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 184.

Before

  1. 1.55 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3496 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.70 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3497 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
  4. 3.311 km S of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  5. 3.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.25 km NW of Milan, Kansas · 3498 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.39 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3498 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  8. 1.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3499 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  9. 2.810 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 3.115 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  12. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3499 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.76 km WNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.83 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3500 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.69 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3501 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.88 km NE of Attica, Kansas · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 3
  20. 2.57 km ENE of Attica, Kansas · 3501 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100086zm. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC.