M2.5 earthquake 6 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 6 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Fri, Dec 16, 2016, 8:20 AM CST (14:20 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 2 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2016-12-16 14:20:42 UTC
- Depth
- 6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.918° N, 97.581° 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 1.7 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 49°
- 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: 177 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.53 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3566 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.12 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 5
- 2.71 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3566 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.05 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3566 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 3.03 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3566 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 3
- 2.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.515 km NNE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 2 km deep · 77 km away
- 3.312 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.33 km WNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3565 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
- 2.59 km NW of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3564 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.75 km NE of Danville, Kansas · 3563 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.84 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.61 km SE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3562 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
- 2.62 km N of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3562 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
- 2.56 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
- 2.98 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3561 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
- 2.96 km NNW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 2 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 4
- 2.56 km SW of Garber, Oklahoma · 3561 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.13 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3560 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3560 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3560 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.610 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 18
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3559 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.55 km NE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3558 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.73 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 2.95 km SSW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3558 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
- 1.63 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3556 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.61 km E of Danville, Kansas · 3555 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.73 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.68 km NNW of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3555 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.64 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3555 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.87 km S of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
- 2.48 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.814 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3554 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.83 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
- 2.66 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.89 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3553 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 3.15 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 3
- 2.77 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
- 2.914 km NNW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
- 2.58 km SSW of Cheney, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 5
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
- 2.14 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
- 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
- 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
- 1.93 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3549 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3548 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3547 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 13
- 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3546 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
The first 60 of 177.
Before
- 1.910 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3567 days ago · 4 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.67 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3567 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.25 km E of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3568 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
- 1.57 km SSW of Anthony, Kansas · 3571 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.24 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.94 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 3
- 2.65 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3572 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.46 km SSW of Enid, Oklahoma · 3573 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 101
- 1.59 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3573 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.64 km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3575 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.04 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3575 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
- 1.54 km NW of Harper, Kansas · 3576 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.93 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3576 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.32 km SW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3577 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
- 1.82 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3578 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.99 km SSE of Milan, Kansas · 3579 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 1.63 km SW of Harper, Kansas · 3579 days ago · 2 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.95 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 11
- 2.69 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.88 km S of Perry, Oklahoma · 3580 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us200081sa. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 1:18 AM UTC.