Tulsa, Oklahoma - USA: Latest 5.6 earthquake strongest on record in Oklahoma

USGS is reporting that tremors were felt in most of Oklahoma as well as eastern and central Kansas, most of Missouri and Arkansas, north Texas and southeast Nebraska.

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By NBC - 2 News | November 6, 2011

USGS upgrades latest earthquake to 5.6; strongest on record in Oklahoma

TULSA - The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that the latest in a series of earthquakes in Oklahoma is the strongest ever recorded in the state.

According to USGS , the earthquake that struck at 10:53 p.m. Saturday has been upgraded to a magnitude 5.6.  The epicenter is four miles east of Sparks in Lincoln County, 21 miles northeast of Shawnee.

Lincoln County Emergency Management is reporting significant damage in the southern parts of the county.  In some cases chimneys have collapsed through the roofs of homes.  Damage to the Prague library includes collapsed air condition ducts and a collapsed wall.

Several roadways have buckled, including Highway 62 and other county roads.


There has been no word on any injuries reported.

USGS is reporting that tremors were felt in most of Oklahoma as well as eastern and central Kansas, most of Missouri and Arkansas, north Texas and southeast Nebraska.

It comes after a shocking 4.8 earthquake that occurred in the early morning hours Saturday near Prague, Okla.

Aftershocks were felt for hours following Saturday's first quake, which Amie Gibson, a research scientist for the Oklahoma Geological Survey, said was the strongest to hit the state in nearly sixty years.

That is, until this most recent quake.

Gibson said Saturday that aftershocks from the first earthquake could occur for days.

Saturday night's earthquake broke the state's record set in 1952 in El Reno. That quake was recorded as a 5.5.

Did you feel it?  Any damage?  Send us pictures at news@kjrh.com .



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