M2.7 earthquake 4 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 4 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 19, 2015, 9:22 PM CST (03:22 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 8 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-20 03:22:00 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.937° N, 97.608° W
- Region
- Kansas
- 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 5.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 207°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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
- 2.63 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.611 km W of Norwich, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 3
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.53 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.53 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 16
- 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.53 km W of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 4268 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 2
- 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4268 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.510 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.55 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.11 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
- 2.63 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 3.19 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 9
- 2.62 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.52 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.68 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4267 days ago · 3 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.77 km NE of Anthony, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 3 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.19 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4267 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.83 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.83 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.810 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.82 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 28
- 2.43 km SW of Freeport, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.19 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.38 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.09 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 1
- 2.17 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 1.92 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.69 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.59 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.5Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.29 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.89 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4266 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4266 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.510 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.28 km WSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 11
- 2.05 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.63 km SE of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 43
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4265 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.57 km ESE of Douglas, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 3 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
- 3.45 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
- 2.86 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4265 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 3.43 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 4
- 2.95 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4264 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.711 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
- 1.81 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.212 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4264 days ago · 2 km deep · 25 km away
The first 60 of at least 200.
Before
- 3.15 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 3
- 2.72 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.22 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.12 km ESE of Milan, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.610 km WSW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4269 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.82 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4269 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.57 km WSW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
- 3.86 km NW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 50
- 3.52 km NW of Freeport, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 69
- 2.24 km SSW of Danville, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
- 2.911 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 1.511 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 1 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.76 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.52 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4270 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000thim. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 4:21 AM UTC.