Tulsa World
By SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
Published: 11/6/20112:44 AM
Last Modified: 11/6/20117:20 AM
The largest earthquake in state history rocked Oklahoma late Saturday, causing damage near the epicenter and awakening and frightening residents throughout the state.
The 5.6 magnitude event was preceded by an early morning 4.8 quake that measured third-strongest in recorded Oklahoma history.
No injuries were reported from either quake. Both emanated within miles of each other in central Oklahoma.
"It was a pretty ornery little earthquake," said Joey Wakefield, Lincoln County's emergency manager.
Reports from Lincoln County after the late quake included a boulder the size of an SUV in a roadway, parts of U.S. 62 buckling and a chimney collapsing on a two-story house, said Joey Wakefield, Lincoln County Emergency Manager.
The morning earthquake rattled buildings and awoke residents shortly after 2 a.m. The evening quake followed Saturday at 10:53 p.m.
The evening quake was felt in nine states, including Tennessee and Indiana, said Harley Benz, a seismologist with the United State Geological Survey... FULL ARTICLE
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