Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Fri, Apr 20, 2018, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 3 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-20 19:49:48 UTC
Depth
8.0 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.946° N, 97.624° W
Region
Kansas
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 8.6 km in depth
Station coverage gap
59°
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: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 3.013 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
  4. 2.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3075 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 3.412 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 7
  8. 2.39 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  9. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  11. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.413 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.94 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3071 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.92 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  18. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3070 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 2.87 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 9
  20. 3.05 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 3
  21. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 2 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  24. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  25. 2.61 km NW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3068 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 8
  26. 2.88 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 1 km deep · 40 km away
  27. 2.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  28. 2.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3064 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  29. 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  30. 1.79 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3060 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3059 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  32. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  33. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 1 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 4 km deep · 28 km away
  35. 1.57 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3057 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  36. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3056 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  37. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3055 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  38. 2.84 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  39. 2.68 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  40. 3.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 122
  41. 2.810 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  42. 2.47 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  43. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  45. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 182
  47. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  48. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 11
  49. 2.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 6
  51. 2.57 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  52. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  53. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 117
  54. 2.810 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  55. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  58. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3049 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 3.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3049 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 7

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 13
  3. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 2.13 km NNE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 2.513 km WSW of Carmen, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.16 km SSE of Harper, Kansas · 3077 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 4 km deep · 75 km away
  9. 1.75 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 1.77 km E of Caldwell, Kansas · 3078 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 1.95 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.62 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 1.95 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3079 days ago · 2 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 2.81 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 2.82 km NNW of Lambert, Oklahoma · 3079 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  16. 2.12 km W of Freeport, Kansas · 3080 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  17. 2.410 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3080 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.49 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.76 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3081 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  20. 2.44 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 3082 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dr9j. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 3:30 AM UTC.