Kansas earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 15, 2015, 12:57 AM CST (06:57 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2015-01-15 06:57:07 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.952° N, 97.616° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Depth from
OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.36 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 2.74 km ESE of Kremlin, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 3 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 3.17 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 2.51 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.87 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.57 km SSE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.76 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.93 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.74 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 3.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
  12. 1.64 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.54 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  14. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  15. 2.75 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.92 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  17. 1.64 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4276 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.8Kansas · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  19. 3.06 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.78 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4276 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  21. 2.02 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.56 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.55 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 3 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.74 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.03 km E of Milan, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  26. 2.85 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  27. 1.65 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4275 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 3.46 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 2
  29. 3.27 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  30. 3.47 km SSW of Jet, Oklahoma · 4275 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  31. 1.97 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 1.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 2.34 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4274 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 3.19 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 2.94 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  36. 1.711 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 1.710 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 2 km deep · 16 km away
  38. 3.03 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.83 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 1.910 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 3.111 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  42. 1.94 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4273 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  44. 3.82 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 5
  45. 1.52 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  46. 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4273 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  47. 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.24 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 3.52 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 69
  52. 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 50
  53. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  54. 2.57 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  57. 2.53 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  59. 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4272 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 2.610 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4272 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.74 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.58 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 2.77 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  6. 1.62 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 2.07 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
  8. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  9. 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4277 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  10. 2.77 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4277 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  11. 2.99 km N of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.28 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4278 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  13. 3.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
  14. 2.57 km NE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.16 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  16. 3.16 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.612 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 2.66 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4278 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tfyb. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:58 PM UTC.