M3.3 earthquake 6 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 6 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sun, Dec 21, 2014, 9:44 AM CST (15:44 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.4 4 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.3 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-12-21 15:44:05 UTC
- Depth
- 1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.938° N, 97.725° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 5.0 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 61°
- 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: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.17 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 3.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4248 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.32 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4248 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.22 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 7
- 2.95 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
- 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.44 km ESE of Helena, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 9
- 2.54 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.92 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 10
- 1.84 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.76 km WNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.28 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 289
- 2.79 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.88 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.39 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 3.43 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4247 days ago · 2 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4247 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.73 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.99 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4246 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 3.43 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 9
- 3.13 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km SE of Danville, Kansas · 4246 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4246 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4245 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4245 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4245 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.93 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4245 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 35
- 2.810 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.23 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 4
- 3.34 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 25
- 2.92 km SSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 1.51 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4244 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 1.73 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.68 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4244 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4244 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4244 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.42 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 3
- 1.91 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.67 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4243 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 4
- 2.510 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.09 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.22 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4243 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
- 2.38 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 26
- 2.15 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4242 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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