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Earthquake Rocks Oklahoma

Updated: 11/06/2011 3:39 pm

Published: 11/05/2011 11:05 pm

Update: As of 3:30pm Sunday there had been at least 14 aftershocks recorded by USGS, following Saturday night's 5.6 earthquake, the largest of which was 4.0, hitting around 9am Sunday. The USGS says a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Oklahoma just before 11 p.m. Saturday night, the biggest earthquake in Oklahoma history.

Joey Wakefield, Lincoln County Emergency Management Director, tells FOX23 there are three homes with significant damage from the earthquake. Officials say the chimney collapsed on a two story house and the hallway collapsed in another house. No injuries have been reported.

They also say Highway 62 is buckled in three places near Prague and there is a boulder the size of an SUV on another part of the same highway. An assessement team is surveying the damage tonight, another team will go out Sunday morning.

There are also damage reports in Muskogee and reports people as far north as Wichita felt the earthquake.

The quake, originally thought to be a 5.2 magnitude, was the second earthquake to strike in one day. EMSA officials report getting calls from people anxious about the earthquake, but no injuries have been reported.

Around 2 a.m. Saturday a 4.7 earthquake struck with an epicenter near Prague.

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sweetpea - 11/9/2011 7:40 AM

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I live in Owasso. Did we have another minor earthquake today or after shock 11-9-11? At 6:08 this morning I was in my bathroom. It sounded like my heater was going to turn on. Faint sound in the distance. Well, heater never turned on. On way to work I realized we don't have the pilot light on yet. Sooooooo!!!!!!Anybody know anything?

1st cowgirl up - 11/6/2011 9:36 PM

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I live in coffeyville ks. and i was in my kitchen last night cooking a pie when all of a sudden it feels like the floor is moveing, and then the windows were shakeing, and i thought my house was gonna collapse because its over a hundred years old and we just bought this house. i was so scared i went runing into the front room where my fiance was comeing out of our bed room asking if i felt the earthquake he said hes from california and that was a small one compared to what they have out there. all i know is i never wanna feel that again ever!!

gramba2010 - 11/6/2011 8:06 PM

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Getting next to a hefty piece of furniture is the best thing, grab water and a cell phone if you have time, I lived in California for over a decade, just kind of weird to feel one this big in Oklahoma, we have several hundred a year but just small ones, we do have a fault running under us, don't think the earth is going to swallow you though. Outside is ok as long as nothing is near to fall on you and no high voltage lines are nearby.

Shakes - 11/6/2011 7:08 PM

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Incurance companys want to ppl to add earthquake to their coverage......aren't they screwing us enough as it is??

sweetpea - 11/6/2011 5:34 PM

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At 10:54pm Saturday night, I had just turned the tv off was about to go to bed when I thought what I heard was thunder, then I realized it was not. The house began to tremble, the windows were vibrating, and all my knicknacks were banging on the walls. At first I thought, Ok its going to stop any minute. I stood in the center of the living room not knowing what to do. My husband jumped out of bed confused asking whats going on, he was already asleep. Thirty seconds later, I realized OMG its an earthquake.When is it going to stop, what seemed like an eternity was only 30 secs.I was running all over the house waiting for what??? Didn't know what I was doing... My son texted me from Sapulpa and said he thought the train had derailed at his home.He ran outside and realized it was an earthquake. The difficult part was not knowing what was next...? The house finally quit shaking. My first time to experience an earthquake. I do not want any part of it any more. What I will do next time(hope no next time) is run outside I guess and hope the ground doesn't open up underneath me!!!

sunshine2021 - 11/6/2011 4:19 PM

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ok im like so tired of people saying get under the door under the table let the damn news people tell us!!!! ive done both of them and heard your not suppossed to do either one so my best bet is im staying outside today cuz i got a feeling there is gonna be more around seven or so. i think them scientist or whoever need to get their buts down there to see wut is cuasing all these earthquakes and after shocks cuz dang it im tired of bout diein of a heart attack everytime one rolls through. i had an axiety attack from the after shock at 3 or 4 this morning if they really do care like the commercials say they do they should keep us more informed on where to go and how to stay safe i googled safe place for earthquake in oklahoma they only gave me info on california our houses are not built like those and i dont want to get crushed under a table or furniture.

wishingwell55 - 11/6/2011 2:48 PM

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I live here in Sapulpa..When the 5.6 earthquake began taking place, I was sitting in my living room rocking chair. The combination of the noise and the shaking was quite an experience being my definite FIRST earthquake.

Ddaddy - 11/6/2011 1:56 PM

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I live in okmulgee and felt the quake pretty good. I lived in Alaska so I have felt them before but it was kind of shocking to feel one here in Oklahoma. It started out sounding like a train outside my window then the shacking began, it lasted alot longer than most I'v experinced

snowlepard - 11/6/2011 11:26 AM

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someone mentioned getting in the doorway, that is no longer the "thing to do"during a Quake.Studies have shown that if you crouch next to furntiure,i.e dresser,couch,ect you have a much better chance of surving because it CAN help protect your head/body AND will(could possibly) create an airpocket that will help you have enough oxygen untill first responders arrive and can dig you out.Studies show survival rate is much higher by people who "ducked" beside furntire then those who stood in the doorway.Think about this also,this is oklahoma not California,for the most part our houses,apts,ect are not made to w/stand an earthquake,or even very strong "tremors"felt by a quake in citys all over Oklahoma.Do you really want to be standing in a doorway of a house,ect that could be toppled by intense shakeing?For those of you who want to know what to really do in the event of a Major quake,RESEARCH it!Try good old Google out.Knowledge is a powerful thing and it just may save you and your kids lives someday..Go With God,Pray up and HAVE A QUAKE PLAN IN PLACE!

GetAtMe - 11/6/2011 10:18 AM

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Thanks H.A.A.R.P.

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