Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 1 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sat, Feb 24, 2018, 6:58 AM CST (12:58 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 5 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-02-24 12:58:36 UTC
Depth
4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.913° N, 97.649° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 5.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
36°
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: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 44 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3130 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3129 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.96 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  10. 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  11. 1.50 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3125 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  12. 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3124 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2,000
  16. 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  17. 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 831
  18. 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  19. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3122 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 18
  20. 2.18 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  21. 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 124
  22. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3120 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  23. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3120 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  24. 1.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  25. 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
  26. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3115 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.45 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 2.37 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3113 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  30. 1.87 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 2.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.27 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3111 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3110 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.49 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  37. 1.913 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3108 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 1.85 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  40. 2.97 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.95 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
  43. 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 3
  44. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 2.28 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 3.27 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  47. 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  48. 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  49. 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  51. 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  52. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  54. 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3101 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  55. 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3098 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  57. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  58. 2.71 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3095 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  60. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
  2. 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  3. 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  5. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6
  8. 1.83 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3135 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.66 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 2.56 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 2.610 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3138 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.66 km SE of Anthony, Kansas · 3139 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.711 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3141 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.65 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 2.82 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3143 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.58 km W of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3144 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 2.76 km NNE of Dover, Oklahoma · 3146 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.76 km S of Freeport, Kansas · 3146 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
  19. 2.96 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  20. 3.06 km N of Dover, Oklahoma · 3147 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000d7dm. Read Mon, Sep 21, 2026, 7:40 PM UTC.