M2.8 earthquake 3 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Fri, Oct 23, 2015, 8:25 AM CDT (13:25 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.3 11 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-10-23 13:25:12 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.898° N, 97.661° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- 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
- 2.87 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3954 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.23 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3954 days ago · 2 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.83 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3953 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.64 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 3.311 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.112 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
- 3.13 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
- 3.03 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.66 km NE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.03 km W of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.211 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 2
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, KS · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
- 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3953 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.90 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3952 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.75 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 6
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3952 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.64 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 3
- 2.58 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.66 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.83 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
- 1.78 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.13 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.77 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.73 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.62 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3951 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.67 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3951 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.83 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 3
- 2.33 km SSE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3950 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3950 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.97 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2,647
- 2.79 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.87 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.88 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
- 2.610 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.24 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 35
- 2.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 4
- 1.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.47 km N of Nash, Oklahoma · 3949 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
- 3.310 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 10
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 4 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
- 2.611 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km NE of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.512 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3948 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10003xjc. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:07 AM UTC.