M2.9 earthquake 2 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 2 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sun, Nov 8, 2015, 9:31 AM CST (15:31 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-11-08 15:31:17 UTC
- Depth
- 3.5 km (2.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.931° N, 97.687° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.3 km horizontally, 7.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- 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
- 3.05 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.17 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 2.79 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 1.77 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.74 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.48 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 7
- 2.67 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 1.97 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3947 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.58 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3947 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3946 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.69 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 10
- 3.28 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3946 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 10
- 3.18 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 5
- 2.87 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.95 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.77 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.56 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3945 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.97 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.37 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3944 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.47 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 5
- 2.97 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 3944 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.618 km W of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SSW of Argonia, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.78 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.710 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3943 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.73 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3942 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 3
- 3.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 26
- 3.410 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 2
- 3.012 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.411 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.513 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 6
- 2.512 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3942 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.75 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3941 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.09 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
- 2.64 km N of Helena, Oklahoma · 3941 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.16 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.39 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 2.79 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3940 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3939 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 3.36 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3939 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003vr6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:08 PM UTC.