M2.5 earthquake 8 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Aug 27, 2015, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 12 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-08-27 14:49:04 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.848° N, 97.631° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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
- 2.37 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4000 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.512 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 12
- 1.6Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.36 km E of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
- 1.98 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.07 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3999 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.52 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3999 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 12
- 1.84 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.87 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.68 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.95 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.18 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 2 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 1 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 2.53 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.68 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 4
- 2.75 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.65 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.38 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.07 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 6
- 1.98 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3998 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.02 km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3998 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
- 3.04 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.45 km ENE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 4
- 1.66 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.614 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3997 days ago · 2 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.91 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3997 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.25 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 4
- 2.810 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.69 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.71 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.95 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3996 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 2
- 2.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.47 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3996 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us100035c3. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:31 AM UTC.