Kansas earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 2 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 2 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Tue, Aug 4, 2015, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC), 1 km (0 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.1 6 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-08-04 20:43:10 UTC
Depth
0.8 km (0.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.929° N, 97.683° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
47°
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: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.08 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 3.26 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.112 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  4. 3.44 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 4.04 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 11
  6. 1.82 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.83 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  11. 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 3.07 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.60 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 3.34 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 3.11 km SSW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  19. 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  20. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  21. 1.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4070 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  22. 2.86 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  23. 2.69 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 1 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  25. 2.68 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  26. 2.18 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 1.66 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 1.62 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  29. 1.92 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4069 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.95 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4069 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 1.52 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 3 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 3.19 km WNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4068 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  33. 2.12 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  34. 1.94 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  35. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  36. 2.38 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  37. 1.64 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  38. 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4068 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  40. 3.24 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  41. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  42. 2.64 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  43. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  44. 1.86 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  45. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4067 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
  46. 3.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4067 days ago · 1 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  47. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
  48. 1.94 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  49. 2.57 km E of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  50. 2.72 km NNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  51. 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  52. 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 3.02 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4066 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  54. 1.86 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 4066 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  55. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4065 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  56. 3.52 km ENE of Jet, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4065 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  58. 3.17 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  59. 3.05 km S of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  60. 2.75 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4065 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 3.47 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4071 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
  2. 2.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4071 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 3.27 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.57 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.66 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.59 km NW of Anthony, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  7. 1.68 km NNE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4072 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 3.15 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 1.84 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4073 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 2.75 km WNW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  14. 2.74 km ENE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 3.011 km N of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.67 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 2.5Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.6Kansas · 4073 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.52 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.610 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4074 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10002yaq. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC.