A series of earthquakes over the weekend in Oklahoma that could be felt as far north as Kansas City has area residents wondering — could we see a Big One here in the Great Plains? The weekend's earthquakes began at 2:12 a.m. Saturday with a magnitude 4.7 quake in Lincoln County in central Oklahoma, about 50 miles east of Oklahoma City. No major damages or injuries were reported in that quake, but its tremors could be felt in Wichita. Oklahomans felt aftershocks throughout the day Saturday. The seismic activity jumped into high gear Saturday night with a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurring just before 11 p.m. According to Don Blakeman, a geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Saturday night's earthquake was the largest ever recorded in Oklahoma. The previous record-holder was a magnitude 5.5 quake that occurred in El Reno, Okla., in 1952.
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News On 6 - 1 hour ago Seeing the damage has some homeowners saying: maybe it's time to buy earthquake insurance. But it's too late for a lot of people. |
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