M2.6 earthquake 5 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 5 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Mon, Jan 26, 2015, 10:04 AM CST (16:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 9 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-01-26 16:04:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.956° N, 97.610° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 7
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
7 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 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- 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
- 2.12 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.65 km ENE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.61 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.11 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
- 2.310 km SW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.89 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.52 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.32 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.710 km S of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4211 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 4
- 1.83 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.13 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.73 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4211 days ago · 3 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.63 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.57 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.18 km NW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 8
- 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.87 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.16 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.67 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
- 1.62 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.12 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
- 2.99 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.86 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.76 km NNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.76 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4210 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.69 km SSW of Tonkawa, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.74 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 2 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.52 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 17
- 2.81 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 4209 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4209 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.85 km SW of Nash, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.96 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
- 1.86 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.66 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.110 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.67 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.74 km SE of Harper, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.59 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 3.29 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 4
- 2.76 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4208 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.03 km ENE of Anthony, Kansas · 4207 days ago · 3 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.59 km ENE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
- 2.66 km WSW of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 2.36 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
- 3.95 km NE of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 2 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 44
- 1.97 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 1.67 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 4207 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.011 km ENE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.96 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.12 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 2.81 km NE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
- 2.64 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4206 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.77 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4206 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
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