Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 3 km W of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 3 km W of Byron, Oklahoma on Sat, Oct 21, 2017, 7:54 AM CDT (12:54 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 8 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-10-21 12:54:30 UTC
Depth
3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.907° N, 98.329° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
Station coverage gap
108°
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: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3262 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3260 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3259 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 2.923 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  8. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3258 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  11. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3253 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3251 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  15. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.7Oklahoma · 3251 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3250 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  19. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  21. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3250 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  22. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  23. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3249 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  27. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  28. 2.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  30. 1.74 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3244 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  31. 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  32. 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  33. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3242 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  36. 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  37. 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3242 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3242 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  39. 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  41. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  42. 1.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3239 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  45. 1.71 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  46. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  47. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
  48. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  49. 3.52 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 11
  50. 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3236 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3236 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  52. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3235 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  53. 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3233 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.62 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3232 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 2.85 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  56. 1.74 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3230 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 2.79 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  58. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  59. 2.34 km NNW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 3229 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3228 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3264 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  2. 1.89 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3264 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 2.58 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3264 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.31 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
  5. 2.711 km E of Belle Plaine, KS · 3265 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 9
  6. 3.11 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3265 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.77 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3266 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away
  8. 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3266 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  9. 2.05 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3267 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 3.06 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3267 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.56 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  12. 2.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3268 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.817 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
  14. 2.22 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3269 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3269 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 1.82 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3270 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3272 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.76 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 3.111 km SSE of Spivey, Kansas · 3272 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000av6e. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:00 AM UTC.