Kansas earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 2 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 2 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Apr 26, 2018, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 3 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-04-26 19:02:55 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.940° N, 97.640° 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 IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
56°
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: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.87 km SSW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3070 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 9
  3. 3.05 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.65 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  5. 1.94 km WSW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 2 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.79 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3069 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.83 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3069 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.61 km NW of Conway Springs, Kansas · 3068 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 8
  9. 2.88 km SSE of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 3066 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.84 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3065 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3064 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 3
  12. 1.85 km SSE of Anthony, Kansas · 3061 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.79 km ESE of Caldwell, Kansas · 3060 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 1.77 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3059 days ago · 4 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 1.67 km N of Argonia, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  16. 1.54 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 1 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.04 km SW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3058 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
  18. 1.57 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3057 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  19. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3057 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  20. 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3056 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  21. 2.84 km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma · 3055 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  22. 2.68 km NNE of Harper, Kansas · 3054 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 3.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 122
  24. 2.810 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 3
  25. 2.47 km NE of Harper, Kansas · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  26. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  27. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  29. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 182
  30. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  31. 3.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 11
  32. 2.310 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.910 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3053 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 6
  34. 2.57 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  35. 2.410 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  36. 4.010 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 117
  37. 2.810 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3052 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3051 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  41. 2.510 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 2.610 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 3.710 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3050 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 7
  44. 1.71 km S of Bluff City, Kansas · 3049 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  45. 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3049 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 3
  46. 2.60 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3044 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  47. 2.510 km SSE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3044 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 2.611 km SSW of Mayfield, Kansas · 3043 days ago · 24 km deep · 25 km away
  49. 2.66 km NW of Ames, Oklahoma · 3043 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  50. 2.31 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3042 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 1.54 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3042 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  52. 1.64 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3041 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  53. 2.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3041 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  54. 2.211 km NW of Marshall, OK · 3040 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  55. 2.511 km NE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3039 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  56. 2.68 km NE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3036 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  57. 2.43 km N of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3034 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  58. 3.29 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3032 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 28
  59. 3.18 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3031 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 5
  60. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3030 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 1.94 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3071 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  2. 2.413 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  3. 1.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3071 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.62 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.32 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  7. 3.03 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.53 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3072 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.39 km W of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 3.412 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3073 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 7
  11. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3074 days ago · 5 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3074 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  13. 2.57 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3075 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  14. 3.013 km ESE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 3076 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.54 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 3.13 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.63 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 3.02 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 3.63 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 13
  20. 2.93 km NE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3077 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us1000dswh. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:01 AM UTC.