M3.6 earthquake 3 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 3 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sat, Dec 28, 2013, 8:41 PM CST (02:41 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 5 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2013-12-29 02:41:02 UTC
- Depth
- 5.2 km (3.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.958° N, 97.670° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 12
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
12 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 105°, dip 62°, rake -113°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 326°, dip 36°, rake -55°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- 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: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.913 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4651 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
- 2.98 km SE of Alva, Oklahoma · 4650 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 9
- 2.62 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4650 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 3.15 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4648 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7
- 3.58 km SE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4646 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 11
- 3.75 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4646 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 23
- 2.36 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4642 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.86 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4641 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.76 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4639 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
- 2.84 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4636 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 6
- 2.73 km SW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4631 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 3
- 2.86 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4623 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.12 km WSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4619 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
- 2.75 km NE of Hillsdale, Oklahoma · 4617 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.613 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4617 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.97 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4616 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.610 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4616 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 34
- 2.66 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4615 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.38 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4615 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 3.06 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4615 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 3.53 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4614 days ago · 11 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 10
- 3.35 km E of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4613 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 6
- 2.83 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4609 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
- 3.06 km N of Medford, Oklahoma · 4608 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.07 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4608 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 2.59 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4608 days ago · 11 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.49 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4607 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
- 2.53 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4607 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.53 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4606 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 6
- 2.78 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4605 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.14 km NE of Milan, Kansas · 4604 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 4
- 2.78 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 4601 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 2.77 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4601 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.95 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4600 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 4
- 3.23 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4598 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.83 km WSW of Alva, Oklahoma · 4598 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.711 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.67 km E of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4596 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.04 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4593 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.49 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4593 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 4
- 3.05 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4593 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.29 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4592 days ago · 0 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 5
Before
- 3.35 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4653 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 13
- 3.211 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4659 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 8
- 3.810 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4665 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 104
- 2.66 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4667 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.86 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4668 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 4
- 3.16 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4675 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4682 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.65 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4682 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
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