M2.7 earthquake 6 km ESE of Velma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 6 km ESE of Velma, Oklahoma on Tue, Apr 29, 2014, 12:06 PM CDT (17:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 10 km N of Velma, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-04-29 17:06:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.430° N, 97.614° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 142°
- 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.75 km SSE of Amber, Oklahoma · 4515 days ago · 13 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
- 2.511 km SSW of Wilson, Oklahoma · 4514 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 3
- 2.68 km NNE of Loco, Oklahoma · 4497 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.910 km N of Velma, Oklahoma · 4486 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 3
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000q42s. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC.