Kansas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 7 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Sun, Aug 29, 2021, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 2 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-08-29 23:53:33 UTC
Depth
6.8 km (4.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.940° N, 97.570° 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 IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.26
Station coverage gap
63°
Stations used
100

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 76 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.76 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1849 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  2. 1.60 km W of Pond Creek, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 7
  5. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  6. 1.93 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  7. 1.62 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.14 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1843 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  9. 2.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1842 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.72 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1841 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1840 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 2.410 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.69 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 2.53 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.62 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  21. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1832 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  23. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 2.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 2
  25. 1.64 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  26. 3.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 89
  27. 3.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 10
  28. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 5
  29. 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 2
  30. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  32. 1.81 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  34. 1.66 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  35. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  36. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  37. 2.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 5
  38. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 2.50 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 4
  40. 1.83 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  41. 1.52 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1821 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
  42. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  43. 1.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  44. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  45. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  46. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  48. 1.74 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  49. 1.72 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
  50. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.33 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  52. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1815 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  53. 1.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  54. 1.63 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
  55. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1810 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  56. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  57. 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  58. 1.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.916 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 1807 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 2
  60. 1.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away

The first 60 of 76.

Before

  1. 2.02 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1850 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  2. 2.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  3. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1851 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  4. 2.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1854 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.29 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1856 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  6. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1857 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 3.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1857 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 16
  8. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1857 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  9. 2.33 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.19 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1859 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.69 km WNW of Mulhall, Oklahoma · 1862 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 2.18 km S of Byron, Oklahoma · 1863 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 2.56 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1865 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 3.05 km SSE of Bluff City, Kansas · 1865 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.94 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1865 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.97 km N of Hunter, Oklahoma · 1866 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  17. 1.55 km N of Nardin, Oklahoma · 1867 days ago · 3 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.33 km NE of Cheney, Kansas · 1867 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1868 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.06 km N of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021qyia (also filed as us7000f5ja). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:21 PM UTC.