Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 5 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma on Fri, Feb 23, 2018, 8:58 AM CST (14:58 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 1 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-02-23 14:58:35 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.871° N, 98.344° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 5.0 km in depth
Station coverage gap
117°
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: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 48 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  2. 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 6
  3. 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  7. 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  8. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3130 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 1.96 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  11. 2.815 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  13. 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  14. 2.614 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 5
  16. 1.50 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  17. 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3125 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  18. 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3124 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  20. 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2,000
  21. 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 4
  22. 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 831
  23. 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 8
  24. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 18
  25. 2.18 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  26. 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 124
  27. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  28. 1.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  29. 3.617 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
  30. 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3119 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  31. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  32. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3116 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  33. 2.615 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.45 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.37 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3114 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 1.87 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  37. 2.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  39. 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 3.022 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3112 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  41. 2.727 km SSE of Protection, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.27 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 2.822 km NE of Fort Supply, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.913 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3109 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 3.417 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  47. 2.79 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3107 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.85 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  49. 2.55 km SE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 2.97 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  53. 1.95 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 3105 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 2.914 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  55. 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  56. 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 3
  57. 2.614 km WNW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.28 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 3.27 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.412 km NNE of Woodward, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  5. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3136 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 2.614 km WNW of Alva, Oklahoma · 3137 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3139 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.66 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 3.128 km ENE of Buffalo, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 13
  11. 2.59 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 2.99 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.88 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  14. 3.49 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3140 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.78 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3142 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 1.76 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3147 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d6w1. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.