M2.8 earthquake 9 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 9 km WSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Wed, Dec 16, 2015, 4:21 AM CST (10:21 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 Oklahoma. 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
- 2015-12-16 10:21:13 UTC
- Depth
- 2.6 km (1.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.895° N, 97.752° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- 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 1.1 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 38°
- 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
- 2.816 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3901 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.8Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.1Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 27
- 2.26 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3900 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.74 km ESE of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3900 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.616 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
- 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.817 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 13
- 2.517 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
- 3.33 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.02 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km WSW of Harper, Kansas · 3899 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.84 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3899 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.87 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.56 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3898 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.55 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.96 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 3
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.86 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.017 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3898 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.010 km SSE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.83 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.43 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3897 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 4
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.87 km N of Manchester, OK · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.516 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.56 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.218 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 3
- 3.017 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3897 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 2.917 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.76 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 10
- 3.29 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 2.85 km N of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.97 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.54 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.116 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3896 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.511 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.57 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.82 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.62 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 3.07 km NE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3895 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
- 3.50 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 17
- 2.511 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 3.0Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
- 3.08 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.34 km WSW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 2
- 2.811 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3894 days ago · 1 km deep · 67 km away
The first 60 of 200.
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