M2.6 earthquake 3 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma on Thu, Nov 9, 2017, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 15 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-11-09 15:42:34 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.914° N, 98.330° 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.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 109°
- 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: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3237 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3237 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3236 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
- 1.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3235 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3235 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3235 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 1.71 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3234 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.626 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.526 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 4
- 3.215 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.52 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3233 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 11
- 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3231 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3228 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.62 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3228 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.85 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3226 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.79 km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.34 km NNW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 3225 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
- 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3223 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.610 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3223 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 2.13 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 2.32 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3222 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.91 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3220 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.48 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3220 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3218 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.22 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3218 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.015 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 4
- 1.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3218 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.814 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.513 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3216 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3216 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.05 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.518 km SSW of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 2 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.513 km E of Chester, Oklahoma · 3212 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.43 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3211 days ago · 3 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.713 km NW of Longdale, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3211 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.32 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3209 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.52 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3208 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
- 1.511 km NNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3208 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3207 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.926 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3204 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.04 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3204 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 10
- 3.04 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3204 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
- 2.13 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3204 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
The first 60 of 99.
Before
- 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3239 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
- 1.74 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3240 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3240 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.21 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5
- 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3242 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3244 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3245 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.7Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.712 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bkvy. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:45 PM UTC.