M3.2 earthquake 4 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 4 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Wed, Jan 13, 2016, 9:44 AM CST (15:44 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 17 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-01-13 15:44:07 UTC
- Depth
- 3.1 km (1.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.937° N, 97.710° 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 II, weak shaking.

How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 78°
- 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
- 2.111 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.73 km SW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.55 km ESE of Goltry, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 2.810 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.5Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.58 km ENE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.610 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3880 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.54 km SSW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.66 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3879 days ago · 3 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.78 km WNW of Jet, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
- 2.68 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.85 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3879 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.67 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3878 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.75 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3878 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.85 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.35 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
- 1.94 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.02 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3877 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.54 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.76 km WSW of South Haven, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 6
- 1.92 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.510 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.85 km SSW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.68 km NNE of Nash, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.712 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3876 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.72 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.12 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3876 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.710 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km WSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.83 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.59 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.53 km SW of Anthony, Kansas · 3875 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.56 km SE of Drummond, Oklahoma · 3875 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.611 km WNW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.92 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.02 km SSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3874 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.67 km NW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3874 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.25 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3874 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
- 3.19 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
- 3.717 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 28
- 3.317 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 6
- 3.26 km W of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.517 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
- 2.4Kansas · 3873 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.54 km NW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 27
- 2.910 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 6
- 2.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.52 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3873 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.97 km S of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
- 2.79 km ENE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
- 1.68 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 3 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.69 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km WNW of Douglas, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
- 2.57 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3872 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
- 1.710 km NW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3872 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3871 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 6
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10004e44. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.