Kansas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 1 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sun, Mar 4, 2018, 6:41 AM CST (12:41 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.2 4 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2018-03-04 12:41:09 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.916° N, 97.652° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Station coverage gap
72°
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: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 39 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.54 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 4.24 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2,000
  3. 2.76 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  4. 4.25 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 831
  5. 3.05 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 8
  6. 2.84 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3123 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 18
  7. 2.18 km S of Milan, Kansas · 3122 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 3.83 km WNW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 124
  9. 2.53 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.73 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3121 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.84 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3120 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 3.16 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3118 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
  13. 3.08 km SE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3117 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.79 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3116 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.45 km NW of Braman, Oklahoma · 3114 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  16. 2.37 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3114 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 1.87 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.97 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 1.711 km W of Caldwell, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  20. 1.57 km S of Argonia, Kansas · 3112 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 2.27 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3111 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  22. 2.510 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3111 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.49 km E of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 3109 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5
  24. 1.913 km NNW of Caldwell, Kansas · 3109 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  25. 1.85 km W of Danville, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  26. 1.64 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3106 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  27. 2.97 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3105 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 1.95 km WSW of Danville, Kansas · 3105 days ago · 2 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 3.15 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 5
  30. 3.39 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 3
  31. 2.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  32. 2.28 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  33. 3.27 km W of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  34. 2.09 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3104 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  35. 2.75 km N of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3104 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  36. 3.05 km NE of Medford, Oklahoma · 3103 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 3
  37. 2.28 km WSW of Hunnewell, Kansas · 3103 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  38. 2.46 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 2.55 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.65 km NNW of Breckinridge, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.67 km NNW of Lamont, Oklahoma · 3102 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.61 km SE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3100 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.67 km ESE of Freeport, Kansas · 3098 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  44. 2.610 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3096 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  45. 2.71 km ENE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3095 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  46. 2.513 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 2.37 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3095 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 2.59 km N of Stillwater, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 19
  49. 3.110 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  50. 2.213 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.69 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.813 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3094 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.12 km N of Anthony, Kansas · 3093 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  54. 3.612 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 8
  55. 3.512 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 4
  56. 2.712 km WSW of Ralston, Oklahoma · 3092 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  57. 3.04 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 3.95 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 38
  59. 3.05 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  60. 2.56 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3091 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 1.67 km E of Freeport, Kansas · 3124 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.50 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3126 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 2.77 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3126 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 5
  4. 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3127 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 1.96 km SE of Freeport, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 4 km deep · 31 km away
  7. 1.64 km WNW of South Haven, Kansas · 3128 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 2.10 km NNW of Bluff City, Kansas · 3130 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.07 km SSE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3130 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  10. 3.05 km S of Deer Creek, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.67 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 3131 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 2.09 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 3.61 km SSE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 3132 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 6
  15. 2.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  16. 2.65 km SW of Byron, Oklahoma · 3133 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 3.18 km SW of Perry, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 4
  18. 2.75 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.45 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 3134 days ago · 4 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 3.47 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 3135 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 6

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000dc1g. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:18 AM UTC.