Oklahoma earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 3 km W of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 3 km W of Byron, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 2, 2017, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 2 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-11-02 23:31:31 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.907° N, 98.334° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
119°
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: 104 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  2. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  5. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 2.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.74 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  21. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  22. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  23. 1.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3236 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  24. 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3236 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3235 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 2
  26. 1.71 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3235 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  27. 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  28. 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 4
  29. 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  30. 3.52 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 11
  31. 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3232 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  32. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3232 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  33. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3229 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  35. 1.62 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3229 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  36. 2.85 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 1.74 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3226 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  38. 2.79 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  39. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.34 km NNW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.610 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.85 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  44. 2.13 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  45. 2.32 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  47. 3.46 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 13
  48. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  49. 1.91 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  50. 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 2.48 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  52. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  53. 2.9Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 2.22 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  56. 3.015 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
  57. 1.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away

The first 60 of 104.

Before

  1. 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 3.7Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  6. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  9. 2.717 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  10. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  11. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.923 km NE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 5
  13. 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3256 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  14. 2.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3256 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.81 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3257 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3258 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.66 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 5
  19. 2.93 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3259 days ago · 3 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.41 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3260 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bhfk. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:38 AM UTC.