M2.5 earthquake 4 km SE of Velma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Velma, Oklahoma on Wed, Sep 24, 2014, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 10 km SSW of Wilson, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-09-24 13:35:43 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.435° N, 97.640° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
What happened
The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.
Felt at Duncan.
From the USGS event page for usb000sfk8. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.
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 2.2 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 144°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.66 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.87 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.610 km S of Wilson, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 14 km deep · 45 km away
- 2.910 km SSW of Wilson, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km SW of Foster, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usb000sfk8. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC.