M2.5 earthquake 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 15, 2015, 1:51 PM CST (19:51 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-15 19:51:51 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.954° N, 97.616° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people 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, 7.0 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- 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
- 2.8Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 1.73 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.83 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.33 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 3.19 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
- 2.33 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.86 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4224 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.76 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 14
- 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4224 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.65 km NNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 4223 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.76 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.66 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4223 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.51 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.54 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
- 3.04 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
- 3.24 km SSE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 10
- 1.78 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.76 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 8
- 2.514 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4222 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
- 2.610 km SSE of Waldron, Kansas · 4222 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.84 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
- 2.74 km S of Harper, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.62 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.512 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
- 3.84 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 10 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 31
- 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.94 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 3 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.94 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4221 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 1 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
- 2.612 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.612 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
- 1.55 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.612 km W of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
- 2.93 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4220 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 2.89 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
- 2.56 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4220 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.85 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.811 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.19 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.67 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.611 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.91 km N of Harper, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.66 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.77 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.61 km ESE of Harper, Kansas · 4219 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
- 2.72 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4219 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
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