OKLAHOMA CITY -- An earthquake was reported and confirmed in central Oklahoma on Wednesday night, authorities said.
Jim Lawson with the Oklahoma Geological Survey observatory in Leonard, Okla., said the southeast Oklahoma City and Midwest City-Del City communities experienced an earthquake at about 8:40 p.m.
They are gathering information relative to the magnitude of the quake; however, several residents reported to Eyewitness News 5 that the earthquake sounded and felt like a large explosion.
Stay tuned to Eyewitness News 5 for further details.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
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2.7 (Micro)
Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 12:14:06 AM
= local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 35.464°N, 97.407°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region OKLAHOMA CITY URBAN AREA, OKLAHOMA
Distances 2 km (1 miles) W (276°) from Midwest City, OK
4 km (2 miles) NE (53°) from Del City, OK
5 km (3 miles) ENE (72°) from Smith Village, OK
12 km (7 miles) E (100°) from Oklahoma City, OK
302 km (188 miles) N (349°) from Dallas, TX
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/
If we don't hear from you we will know you've fallen into the ground to center earth where it's probably nicer. :)
Wow, I have fam in Midwest City too. Hope you are doing ok.
Stopping by to wish you a Merry Christmas! :)
Nancy & Tina It's okay, most people said that it, no (they, there were two) sounded like an explotion or "A cow running into the side of the trailer."
Babs, I know it wasn't real big, but micro? I guess our quakes just don't measure up!
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