M3.4 earthquake 3 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 3 km SW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 10, 2015, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 5 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (mwr), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-09-10 19:26:57 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.903° N, 97.683° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 10
- 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?
10 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light 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
- 3.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 216°, dip 58°, rake -138°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 100°, dip 55°, rake -40°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 4.7 km horizontally, 5.7 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 37°
- 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
- 1.68 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3988 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3988 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.97 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 3988 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.77 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3988 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.24 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 3987 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.64 km NNE of Danville, Kansas · 3987 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
- 1.67 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3987 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.75 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3987 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.83 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3987 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 1.96 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3987 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.75 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3987 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
- 1.67 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3987 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3987 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
- 3.23 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 6
- 1.57 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3986 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.76 km W of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.82 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3986 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.53 km SW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.08 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 3986 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3986 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3986 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.56 km ESE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.58 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.66 km WSW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3985 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.81 km NNE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.4Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 2 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
- 2.69 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.55 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.55 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.08 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.41 km NNE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 13
- 1.58 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3984 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.58 km S of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.711 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.68 km SSE of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
- 2.8Oklahoma · 3984 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.310 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
- 3.610 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 14
- 2.59 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.4Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.08 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 2.612 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 7
- 1.78 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 4
- 2.80 km W of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.85 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
- 3.37 km SE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.59 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3983 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.07 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
- 2.511 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.88 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.18 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.56 km NNE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3982 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.69 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3982 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
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