Oklahoma Earthquake today 5.1 magnitude – minor injuries
There’s news from Oklahoma today of an earthquake which has struck with a magnitude of 4.3. The quake was actually felt across 5 states and was one of the strongest quakes ever in Oklahoma, with only 3 stronger since 1907.
The US Geological Survey recorded the quake hit at 09:06 am around six miles away from Norman, Cleveland County. The earthquake was also felt in parts of southern Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Texas and it appears that fortunately there have only been 2 people reported to have minor injuries, according to Murray Evans in an Associated Press report over on Chron.com.
Police Captain Leonard Judy of Norman said, “We had a couple things fall off the wall here at the police department. We all ran outside to see if something hit the station or something like that.” There were reports only of minor damage, typically things being shaken from shelves. One resident of Pottawatomie County, James Baxter, was in his trailer when the earthquake hit and said, “The stuff on the wall shook. The dogs took off barking. I thought the world was coming to an end, to be honest. It was pretty trippy.”
UPDATE – We have just heard that the earthquake magnitude was updated to 5.1 according to NewsOK.com, which means this was the second largest earthquake in Oklahoma history.
For more on this go to chron.com. Were you in an area where you could feel the earthquake? If so we’d like to hear your experiences of the quake so please do send us your comments.
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Tags: Earthquake, Oklahoma, US Geological Survey
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