Kansas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 2 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 2 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 7:04 AM CDT (12:04 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.4 2 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-16 12:04:30 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.941° N, 97.680° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.21
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
74

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 69 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.04 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1830 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.64 km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  4. 3.87 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 89
  5. 3.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 10
  6. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
  7. 2.27 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.64 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1829 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.66 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  10. 1.81 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  12. 1.66 km SSW of Lahoma, Oklahoma · 1827 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 1.68 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1826 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.65 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 2.77 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
  16. 1.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.50 km SW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.83 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  19. 1.52 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1821 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 1.62 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  21. 1.55 km WNW of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1818 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 1.910 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 1.74 km SSE of Perry, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.72 km ENE of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  28. 1.810 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.33 km NNW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1817 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.53 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1815 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.57 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1815 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  32. 1.63 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1810 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  33. 2.42 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1810 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  35. 1.99 km NNW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  36. 1.55 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1807 days ago · 10 km deep · 89 km away
  37. 1.916 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 1807 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 2
  38. 1.63 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  39. 1.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1806 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 1.92 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1803 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  41. 2.05 km NE of Braman, Oklahoma · 1801 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 1.99 km ENE of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1800 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 2.06 km NE of Norwich, Kansas · 1796 days ago · 2 km deep · 64 km away
  44. 1.71 km NNE of Medford, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  45. 1.94 km NE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1796 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1795 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 2.34 km SE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1794 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  48. 1.59 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1794 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 1.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1794 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  50. 2.52 km NW of McConnell AFB, Kansas · 1794 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 183
  51. 1.94 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 2.010 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  53. 1.910 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1792 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 2.08 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  55. 1.68 km E of Orlando, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 3.09 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 3
  57. 1.63 km NE of Morrison, Oklahoma · 1789 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  58. 2.48 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1788 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.64 km ENE of Waukomis, Oklahoma · 1786 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  60. 1.510 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1785 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away

The first 60 of 69.

Before

  1. 2.35 km ESE of Covington, Oklahoma · 1833 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  2. 1.62 km S of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 1.59 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1834 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  4. 1.97 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  5. 1.69 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.53 km SE of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.69 km WSW of Ringwood, Oklahoma · 1836 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  8. 2.07 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.410 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1837 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  10. 1.67 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  11. 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1840 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.72 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1841 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  13. 1.611 km SSW of Dacoma, Oklahoma · 1841 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.66 km NNE of Ames, Oklahoma · 1842 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.14 km WSW of Aline, Oklahoma · 1843 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.62 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 1.93 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  18. 1.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 3.02 km SSW of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 1845 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.12 km SE of Meno, Oklahoma · 1846 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ok2021sehr. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:53 PM UTC.