Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 7 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 7 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma on Sat, Jun 3, 2017, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 6 km SSE of Harper, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2017-06-04 01:46:06 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.847° N, 98.240° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 6.8 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: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 109 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.57 km SE of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 2.56 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3402 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.74 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.913 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  5. 2.713 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 1.93 km WSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3401 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  7. 2.89 km WSW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3401 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  8. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3401 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.07 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3401 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  10. 1.75 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3400 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  11. 2.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 3.115 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3399 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.56 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  14. 3.26 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 6
  15. 3.115 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3398 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
  16. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  17. 1.610 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3397 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 3.18 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3397 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 2.010 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 3.76 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
  22. 3.4Oklahoma · 3396 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3396 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 1.86 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3393 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  25. 1.66 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3392 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 2.55 km W of Alva, Oklahoma · 3392 days ago · 1 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
  28. 3.3Oklahoma · 3391 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 9
  29. 2.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3390 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3389 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  31. 2.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3389 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  32. 1.65 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3388 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.09 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3387 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 2.70 km WNW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  35. 2.62 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.56 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3387 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 2.52 km WSW of Chester, Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.9Oklahoma · 3386 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 5
  39. 3.19 km W of Harper, Kansas · 3385 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.17 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3385 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  42. 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  43. 2.37 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  44. 3.77 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 15
  45. 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3384 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  46. 2.17 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  47. 1.77 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  48. 2.917 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3383 days ago · 1 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
  49. 1.82 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  50. 1.92 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3383 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.58 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3382 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 2
  52. 2.15 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3382 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.41 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3382 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  54. 2.62 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3381 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 6
  55. 2.66 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3380 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 10
  56. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3380 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 4
  57. 2.2Oklahoma · 3379 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  58. 3.39 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3379 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 13
  59. 2.310 km NNE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3378 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 3.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3377 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.59 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.73 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3402 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 1.66 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 2.61 km W of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.311 km SSW of Wellington, Kansas · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.41 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3403 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 3.110 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.59 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  11. 2.63 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.48 km WNW of Belle Plaine, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  13. 3.117 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  14. 3.516 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.75 km S of Clearwater, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 2.47 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 2.57 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 3.66 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.69 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3404 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3405 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20009kkq. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 2:54 AM UTC.