M2.8 earthquake 3 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 3 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sun, Sep 6, 2015, 5:32 AM CDT (10:32 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 9 km N of Caldwell, Kansas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-06 10:32:36 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.938° N, 97.690° 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, 1.9 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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
- 2.16 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3994 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.36 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.27 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.96 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3994 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.95 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.76 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.66 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.47 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.55 km WNW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.88 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.88 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.08 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 1.57 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.09 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3993 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.14 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 11
- 3.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3993 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.61 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.85 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.29 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.46 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.15 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.84 km SE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 3.22 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3992 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 7
- 1.65 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.98 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3992 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.810 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 1 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.36 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.02 km NE of Freeport, Kansas · 3991 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.52 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
- 1.98 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3991 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.67 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3991 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.85 km NE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.36 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.86 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.66 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3991 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3990 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.58 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.78 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3990 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.69 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3990 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.05 km W of Mayfield, Kansas · 3990 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
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