M2.6 earthquake 6 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 6 km NW of Velma, Oklahoma on Tue, Nov 4, 2014, 8:06 AM CST (14:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 7 km S of Ravia, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2014-11-04 14:06:44 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.505° N, 97.714° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- 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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.87 km NNW of Velma, Oklahoma · 4349 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.610 km S of Wilson, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 14 km deep · 55 km away
- 2.910 km SSW of Wilson, Oklahoma · 4346 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 3
- 2.54 km SW of Foster, Oklahoma · 4345 days ago · 4 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.07 km S of Ravia, Oklahoma · 4316 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usc000stwh. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:19 PM UTC.