Kansas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 12:48 PM CST (18:48 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
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2015-01-29 18:48:53 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.945° N, 97.628° 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, 6.6 km in depth
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 201 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.41 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
  2. 2.13 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 3.33 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  5. 3.07 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.74 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 3 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 2.01 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.91 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.74 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 2 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 2.88 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 9
  12. 1.61 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.98 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  14. 1.5Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 1.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  16. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.94 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  18. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  20. 3.65 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 14
  21. 1.55 km N of Mayfield, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  22. 2.74 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  24. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4255 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  25. 2.811 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4255 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  26. 2.73 km ESE of Waldron, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.93 km N of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  28. 2.23 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4254 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  29. 1.95 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 1.51 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  32. 2.52 km ENE of Waldron, Kansas · 4254 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  33. 2.42 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  34. 2.72 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  35. 1.913 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 1.76 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.01 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 3.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4253 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 34
  39. 2.26 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 4253 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 2.63 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  41. 1.74 km SSW of Harper, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 3.19 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 6
  43. 1.53 km S of Danville, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 1.612 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 1.86 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 4252 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 2.99 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  47. 3.52 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 82
  48. 2.64 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  49. 2.79 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4252 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  50. 1.68 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 3 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 1.73 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  52. 3.58 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 13
  53. 3.86 km SSE of Burlington, Oklahoma · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 13
  54. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  55. 2.53 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 1.63 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  57. 1.83 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  58. 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 1.7Kansas · 4251 days ago · 3 km deep · 17 km away
  60. 3.47 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4251 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 4

The first 60 of at least 201.

Before

  1. 2.03 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.93 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  3. 1.68 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  4. 3.17 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 2
  5. 2.39 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  6. 1.58 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 3.16 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 5
  8. 1.78 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 2.73 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4256 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.33 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4256 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.63 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.87 km N of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 1 km deep · 50 km away
  13. 2.83 km ESE of Aline, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.92 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 3.01 km WNW of Freeport, Kansas · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 5
  16. 3.07 km NW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.85 km NNW of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.29 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 4257 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 13

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000tk8y. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 11:35 AM UTC.