M1.6 earthquake 1 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1 km WNW of Renfrow, Oklahoma on Tue, Mar 22, 2022, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km N of Ames, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-03-22 15:27:15 UTC
- Depth
- 4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.929° N, 97.672° 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
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 174°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 43 in the 60 days after this one and 29 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.08 km W of Drummond, Oklahoma · 1650 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1649 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.810 km ESE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1648 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1647 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.82 km NW of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1644 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.88 km NNE of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1643 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.716 km E of Red Rock, Oklahoma · 1643 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.710 km W of Lamont, Oklahoma · 1635 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.010 km W of Medford, Oklahoma · 1634 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.78 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 1631 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 5
- 2.110 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma · 1630 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.71 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 1629 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1627 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1627 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.72 km NW of Covington, Oklahoma · 1622 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1615 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.26 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1615 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Perry, Oklahoma · 1615 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
- 1.80 km ENE of Renfrow, Oklahoma · 1611 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.810 km W of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1610 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
- 2.82 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1609 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 3
- 1.62 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1609 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.52 km ENE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1609 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1609 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.52 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1608 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.73 km SE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1603 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.97 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1603 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.67 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1603 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.96 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1603 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.27 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1603 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.36 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1602 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
- 2.26 km NW of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 1602 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.6Oklahoma · 1596 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.76 km E of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 1594 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.25 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1594 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1593 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
- 1.55 km E of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1592 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.85 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1592 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.37 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.17 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.7Oklahoma · 1591 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.95 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1590 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
- 2.15 km N of Ames, Oklahoma · 1590 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
Before
- 2.810 km N of Milton, Kansas · 1651 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 5
- 2.410 km WNW of Viola, Kansas · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 2.68 km WNW of Viola, Kansas · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
- 2.29 km NNE of Milton, Kansas · 1652 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
- 2.49 km NW of Viola, Kansas · 1653 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
- 3.59 km WNW of Viola, Kansas · 1653 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 17
- 2.69 km WNW of Viola, Kansas · 1653 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 4
- 3.09 km WNW of Viola, Kansas · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 16
- 2.49 km WNW of Viola, Kansas · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Marshall, Oklahoma · 1656 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
- 2.84 km W of Lucien, Oklahoma · 1656 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.46 km NNE of Argonia, Kansas · 1659 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.97 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1659 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.81 km SSW of Wakita, Oklahoma · 1660 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.54 km SSW of Goltry, Oklahoma · 1662 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
- 1.84 km ESE of Hennessey, Oklahoma · 1666 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.14 km E of Isabella, Oklahoma · 1666 days ago · 19 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.87 km W of Jet, Oklahoma · 1670 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.86 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1671 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Medford, Oklahoma · 1673 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
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