Kansas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Tue, Jan 13, 2015, 2:07 PM CST (20:07 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 1 km S of Byron, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-01-13 20:07:18 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.948° N, 97.622° 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.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.0 km horizontally, 6.1 km in depth
Station coverage gap
66°
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. 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4226 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.61 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 1.86 km WSW of Bluff City, KS · 4226 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  4. 1.98 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.78 km SW of Danville, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 3 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.77 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.6Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 1.72 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  9. 3.36 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  10. 1.87 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  11. 2.52 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.81 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  13. 2.64 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 2.71 km N of Goltry, Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.83 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 4
  16. 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 2.23 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.8Oklahoma · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.73 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4225 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.83 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  21. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  23. 2.33 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  24. 3.19 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 7
  25. 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  26. 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  29. 3.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 14
  30. 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 2.65 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  33. 2.76 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  35. 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  36. 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.54 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.04 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  39. 3.24 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 10
  40. 1.78 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 2.76 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 8
  42. 2.55 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.96 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 45
  44. 2.514 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  45. 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  46. 2.84 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  48. 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  49. 3.49 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 7
  50. 2.512 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  51. 3.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 31
  52. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  53. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  54. 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  55. 2.94 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.68 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  57. 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 2.85 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.612 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  60. 2.612 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tfdb. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:21 PM UTC.