M2.9 earthquake 6 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 6 km W of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 3, 2015, 2:42 AM CST (08:42 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 5 km NNE 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
- 2.9 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-03 08:42:41 UTC
- Depth
- 6.3 km (3.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.916° N, 97.723° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 6.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 110°
- 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: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.510 km SW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.48 km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.47 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
- 3.06 km SSE of Byron, OK · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.56 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.613 km NNE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.02 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.64 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.44 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away · felt by 8
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 2 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.65 km NNE of Billings, Oklahoma · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.76 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4284 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.75 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.67 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.85 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
- 2.04 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.65 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
- 3.5Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 3.0Kansas · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.13 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4283 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.64 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.81 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4283 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.91 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.25 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.94 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
- 3.63 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 8
- 2.74 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.93 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.64 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 47
- 2.613 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.62 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.96 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.65 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.54 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
- 3.14 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
- 1.65 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4282 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.84 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.94 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4282 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.83 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 2.5Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.1Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.58 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.53 km NW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 8
- 3.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 9
- 2.74 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.58 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4281 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 1
- 2.52 km ESE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
- 2.98 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4281 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
The first 60 of at least 202.
Before
- 2.61 km N of Aline, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4285 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.67 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4285 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 4285 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.71 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.84 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 2 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.15 km ESE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.52 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4286 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4286 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tbe1. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC.