M2.7 earthquake 2 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 2 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Mar 5, 2015, 11:56 AM CST (17:56 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 4 km W of Freeport, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-03-05 17:56:50 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.941° N, 97.629° W
- Region
- Kansas
- 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 2.0 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 48°
- 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
- 2.50 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.94 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.74 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.212 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4182 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4182 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.64 km NW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.611 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.69 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4181 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.310 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4181 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
- 2.89 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4180 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.78 km E of Byron, Oklahoma · 4180 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4179 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.97 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4179 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 4
- 2.92 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4179 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 3.0Oklahoma · 4179 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.65 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4179 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4179 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.47 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4178 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.36 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4178 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 1.92 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4178 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4178 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4178 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4178 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4178 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.24 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4178 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.44 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4178 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.610 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4178 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4177 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.12 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4177 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.53 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 4177 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.65 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4177 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.73 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4177 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.86 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4177 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.17 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4177 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4176 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.811 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4176 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 2.53 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4176 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.78 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4176 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
- 1.76 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4176 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.82 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4176 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.54 km SE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4176 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.47 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4176 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.43 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4175 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 3
- 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4175 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4175 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4175 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4175 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.67 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.97 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.56 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4174 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.56 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.77 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4174 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.16 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.97 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4174 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
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