M3.0 earthquake 6 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 6 km E of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sat, Jan 7, 2017, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 10 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2017-01-08 02:02:36 UTC
- Depth
- 6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.914° N, 97.580° W
- Region
- Kansas
- Felt reports
- 3
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
3 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 1.4 km horizontally, 7.5 km in depth
- Station coverage gap
- 50°
- 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: 172 in the 60 days after this one and 27 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.62 km NNW of Skedee, Oklahoma · 3545 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
- 1.511 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3545 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 3.210 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3544 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 8
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 7
- 2.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
- 2.65 km WSW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3543 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.16 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.52 km E of Anthony, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.96 km WNW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 4 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.59 km SW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.14 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3542 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.72 km SW of Meno, Oklahoma · 3541 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.75 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3541 days ago · 3 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.14 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3539 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
- 1.95 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3539 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
- 2.07 km NNE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3538 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 2.78 km NNE of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3538 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.06 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.97 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.83 km N of Freeport, Kansas · 3537 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 2.52 km W of Aline, Oklahoma · 3537 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.15 km N of Harper, Kansas · 3535 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
- 2.57 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3535 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
- 2.68 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.3Oklahoma · 3534 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.73 km SSW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3533 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.14 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3533 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.84 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3533 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.63 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3532 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 3.016 km N of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 12
- 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 1.94 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.04 km E of Bluff City, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.75 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3531 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.87 km SE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.13 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3531 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.1Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 1
- 2.35 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.66 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3530 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
- 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3530 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.61 km N of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.44 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
- 1.98 km SW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.16 km E of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 8
- 1.78 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3529 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.54 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
- 2.05 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.94 km WSW of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.89 km S of Milton, Kansas · 3528 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 3.03 km SW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3528 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
- 3.23 km N of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 9
- 2.9Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.6Oklahoma · 3527 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.20 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 7
- 2.86 km S of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
- 2.54 km SE of Marland, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
- 3.010 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3526 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
The first 60 of 172.
Before
- 1.86 km S of Harper, Kansas · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.55 km N of Glencoe, Oklahoma · 3546 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.8Kansas · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.56 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3546 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
- 2.28 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3547 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.6Kansas · 3548 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
- 1.89 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3548 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.85 km S of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 13
- 2.65 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.64 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3549 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.85 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3550 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
- 1.93 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
- 3.513 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 9
- 3.49 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 10
- 3.39 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3551 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 1.57 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3552 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
- 1.67 km S of Anthony, Kansas · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.08 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.03 km NNW of Freeport, Kansas · 3552 days ago · 4 km deep · 44 km away
- 2.14 km NE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3552 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us10007ry0. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:59 PM UTC.