M2.7 earthquake 8 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 8 km WNW of Velma, Oklahoma on Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.8 8 km NW of Healdton, 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), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2015-07-17 10:47:54 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.478° N, 97.761° W
- Region
- Oklahoma
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 152°
- 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: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.78 km ESE of Loco, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.710 km NNW of Healdton, Oklahoma · 4073 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.88 km NW of Healdton, Oklahoma · 4072 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20002y5p. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC.