M3.6 earthquake 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Tue, Jun 2, 2015, 2:55 AM CDT (07:55 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 9 km W of Jet, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.6 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-06-02 07:55:51 UTC
- Depth
- 7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.952° N, 97.618° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 7
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Map
- Automatic

Did you feel it?
7 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Fault motion and ground failure
How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.
- Faulting
- Oblique normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.6 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 139°, dip 72°, rake -51°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 250°, dip 42°, rake -153°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.9 km horizontally, 6.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- 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
- 2.65 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.96 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4094 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.62 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4094 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.61 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.17 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 0 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.71 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.26 km SSE of Argonia, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4093 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.30 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4093 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.82 km SE of Cheney, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 24
- 1.90 km N of Bluff City, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.52 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
- 2.66 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.93 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.74 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 2.51 km SW of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.79 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 67
- 1.83 km SSW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
- 3.15 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4092 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4092 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.75 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 3.12 km NW of Aline, Oklahoma · 4091 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4091 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 12 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.612 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.17 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4090 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.69 km NE of Mayfield, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.76 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4090 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
- 2.74 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.86 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 16 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.59 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.55 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 4089 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.94 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 4089 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.85 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.53 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.65 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4088 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4088 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.64 km SE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
- 1.72 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.912 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.86 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.85 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 1.66 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.612 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.67 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.85 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 4087 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.84 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.712 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.67 km WSW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.14 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4086 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.62 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4086 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
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