Kansas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Tue, May 5, 2015, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 5 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-05-05 12:07:42 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.959° N, 97.621° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 5.3 km in depth
Station coverage gap
123°
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. 2.85 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4121 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  2. 3.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 13
  3. 2.84 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.66 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 2.65 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  7. 1.94 km E of Harper, Kansas · 4120 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 2.61 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4120 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 3.05 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.63 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4119 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.96 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 3
  12. 3.36 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4119 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  13. 3.25 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.75 km E of Harper, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  15. 1.97 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.911 km SW of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 4.06 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 37
  18. 1.93 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 3.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.94 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4118 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.8Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  22. 1.58 km NE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
  23. 2.80 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  24. 2.96 km WSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  25. 1.91 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.40 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  27. 2.47 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  28. 1.87 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  29. 2.511 km ENE of Nash, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  30. 2.95 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 2.85 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  32. 3.47 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 7
  33. 2.35 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 1.58 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 2.84 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4117 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  36. 2.85 km NNE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.86 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  38. 2.83 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  39. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  40. 2.43 km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 3.111 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  42. 1.78 km N of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  43. 1.76 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 1.95 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 1 km deep · 32 km away
  45. 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 4116 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4116 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  48. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  49. 4.36 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 294
  50. 3.14 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 2.95 km NW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  52. 2.64 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4115 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  53. 1.55 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4114 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 2.59 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 2.35 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4114 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.85 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  57. 3.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4114 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.96 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4113 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
  59. 1.76 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4113 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 1.77 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4113 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002bt6. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC.