M3.4 earthquake 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Fri, Feb 13, 2015, 11:42 AM CST (17:42 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 11 km ENE of Nescatunga, 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
- 2015-02-13 17:42:40 UTC
- Depth
- 7.0 km (4.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.952° N, 97.624° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 5
- 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?
5 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
- Normal
- Moment magnitude
- 3.4 Mwr
- Nodal plane 1
- Strike 288°, dip 50°, rake -94°
- Nodal plane 2
- Strike 115°, dip 40°, rake -85°
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.8 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 68°
- 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
- 3.45 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.83 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4193 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
- 3.012 km ENE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4193 days ago · 3 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
- 2.52 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4193 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.85 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4192 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.68 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km NNE of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.57 km NE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.82 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4192 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.54 km ESE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 1.84 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.24 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 3.26 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4192 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.16 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 3.16 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 3
- 2.06 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4191 days ago · 1 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.511 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 4
- 3.36 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 5
- 2.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.77 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 3.46 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.62 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4191 days ago · 2 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.63 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 4191 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.15 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4191 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.87 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4191 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.63 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4191 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.511 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
- 2.613 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 4191 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 3.25 km SSW of Goltry, OK · 4190 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 38
- 1.71 km NNE of Milan, Kansas · 4190 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.76 km SW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4190 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
- 1.55 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4190 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.32 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4190 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.94 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4190 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.92 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4190 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.71 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4190 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.82 km NNE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4190 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.87 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4190 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
- 3.35 km S of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4190 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.43 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4190 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.410 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4190 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.52 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.42 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 3
- 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.76 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 23
- 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.67 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4189 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.55 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.95 km NW of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 3.36 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 1.53 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.55 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.45 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
- 1.93 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4189 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.05 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4189 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.73 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4189 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
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