M2.7 earthquake 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km SSW of Bluff City, 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
- 2015-04-20 21:22:57 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.943° N, 97.627° 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 III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 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
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.05 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 3
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.74 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4131 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.06 km ESE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.03 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 7
- 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.96 km NNE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4131 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.66 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.86 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 2.89 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.513 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4130 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.52 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 3.210 km SSE of Capron, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4129 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.912 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.64 km S of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.010 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4129 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4129 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4129 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.29 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4129 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4129 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.510 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.710 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.74 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.911 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.96 km NNW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4128 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.33 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4128 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.06 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
- 1.610 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 3 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.310 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.7Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.86 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.28 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 2
- 2.08 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.68 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.58 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.69 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.13 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 2 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 43
- 2.27 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.48 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.68 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.48 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.18 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.07 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4127 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.61 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4127 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
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