Kansas earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 1 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 1 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Oct 20, 2016, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 9 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (mwr), minor
Local time
UTC
2016-10-20 12:14:07 UTC
Depth
5.4 km (3.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.929° N, 97.644° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
5
Strongest shaking
III, weak shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
III, weak shaking
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique reverse
Moment magnitude
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 105°, dip 75°, rake 45°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 0°, dip 47°, rake 159°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 6.8 km in depth
Station coverage gap
52°
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: 170 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.93 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  2. 2.612 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  4. 1.78 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  5. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 2.20 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  7. 2.17 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 2.810 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 3.32 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.65 km ESE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 2.011 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 3.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 6
  13. 2.75 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.56 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.65 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.813 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.59 km ESE of Bluff City, KS · 3619 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 1.79 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  20. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  21. 2.55 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  22. 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  23. 2.15 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 1.7Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  25. 1.97 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 3.56 km ENE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  27. 2.116 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.56 km ENE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  29. 2.04 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 2.9Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  31. 1.75 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3616 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  32. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  33. 2.29 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 3.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 2.414 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  36. 1.85 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  37. 2.43 km SW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  38. 3.310 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.710 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  40. 2.510 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 4 km deep · 90 km away
  41. 3.16 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.56 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 3.27 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.57 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  45. 2.76 km NE of Billings, Oklahoma · 3615 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.34 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3615 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  47. 1.64 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  48. 3.43 km WNW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 41
  49. 1.88 km ESE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 18 km away
  50. 1.8Kansas · 3614 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  51. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  53. 3.37 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 7
  54. 2.24 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  55. 3.014 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 3.44 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 11
  57. 1.84 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3613 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 2.88 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  59. 2.42 km WNW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3613 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 2
  60. 3.02 km WSW of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of 170.

Before

  1. 1.76 km NW of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 1 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.08 km WSW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 2.73 km ENE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3624 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  6. 1.6Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 3.010 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 4
  8. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  9. 2.72 km NW of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.112 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.18 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3626 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 1.68 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  13. 1.83 km ENE of Freeport, Kansas · 3626 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 1.914 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.25 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3627 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  16. 1.65 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3627 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
  17. 2.211 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.014 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.15 km E of Marland, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 2.113 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3628 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007fki. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:51 AM UTC.