Kansas earthquakes

M3.2 earthquake 1 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 1 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Tue, Nov 7, 2017, 2:12 AM CST (08:12 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 4 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.2 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2017-11-07 08:12:03 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.917° N, 97.647° W
Region
Kansas
Felt reports
5
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

5 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 8.4 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: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3242 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  2. 2.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3242 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  3. 1.64 km ENE of Milan, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 3.54 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 17
  5. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3241 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.74 km NW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3241 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 3.210 km N of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.94 km W of Amorita, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  9. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.52 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3240 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.711 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3239 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 2.57 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 2.47 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.210 km N of Caldwell, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3238 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  16. 2.36 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3238 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  17. 2.63 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3237 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.56 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3236 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 2.58 km NE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3236 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  20. 1.71 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3235 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 3.52 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3234 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 11
  22. 3.37 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3232 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.58 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3232 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 3
  24. 2.56 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3232 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  25. 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3230 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 6
  26. 1.86 km SSW of Freeport, Kansas · 3229 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.62 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3229 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.610 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3228 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.85 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  30. 1.74 km SW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3227 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  31. 2.93 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3227 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
  32. 1.67 km E of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 2.34 km NNW of North Enid, Oklahoma · 3226 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.93 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 1.610 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3224 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  36. 2.13 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.32 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 2.410 km WNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  39. 3.46 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 13
  40. 2.76 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3223 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  41. 1.91 km NNW of Milan, Kansas · 3222 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  42. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 1.94 km NNE of Anthony, Kansas · 3221 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  44. 2.48 km ENE of Hazelton, Kansas · 3221 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.9Oklahoma · 3220 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2
  46. 2.413 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.19 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  48. 2.22 km S of Caldwell, Kansas · 3219 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 2.59 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.56 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3219 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 2.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3217 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  52. 1.58 km SSE of Mayfield, Kansas · 3217 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 3.05 km W of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3215 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  54. 4.110 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 887
  55. 2.510 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  56. 1.910 km SSE of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 10
  57. 2.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3214 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 3.29 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3213 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.43 km SSE of Danville, Kansas · 3212 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
  60. 2.32 km SSE of Freeport, Kansas · 3210 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 2.59 km NNW of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3243 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.73 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  3. 3.04 km ENE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3245 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 3.09 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  6. 3.13 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3246 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 2.87 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  9. 3.43 km W of Byron, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.73 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3247 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 3.7Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3247 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.52 km SE of Milan, Kansas · 3248 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 2.69 km SSE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3248 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.05 km E of Harper, Kansas · 3249 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 3.31 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 3250 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.38 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 3252 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3253 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  19. 1.87 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3254 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 3.14 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3255 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000bjr5. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:35 PM UTC.