November 5th, 2011
03:43 AM ET

Minor earthquake jolts central Oklahoma

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook central Oklahoma early Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake was centered about 45 miles east of Oklahoma City.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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  1. Glenda

    It would be nice to know where the epicenter was located. Living due west of Prague, we felt like it was awful close.

    November 5, 2011 at 3:55 am | Report abuse |
    • Kenneth

      The epicenter was just north of Prague

      November 5, 2011 at 4:25 am | Report abuse |
    • tct

      4 miles west of Prague +/- 9 miles in any direction so it MIGHT have been very near you, depth 3.1 miles +/- 1.9 miles magnitude 2.7 per USGS.

      November 5, 2011 at 4:36 am | Report abuse |
    • tct

      If it was 2:12 or 2:34 it was about 20 miles nE of you +/- 8 miles with a 4.7 or 3.4 magnitude respectively, if it was 2:44 it could have been a 2.7 very near you.

      November 5, 2011 at 4:43 am | Report abuse |
    • Steve

      The "New Madrid" faultline produced the largest and most destructive earthquake in American history. There had been several indications throughout the mid-west that say that faultline may be ready to jolt the mid-west again. During that earthquake, almost 200 years ago, the actual course of the Mississippi River was changed!

      November 5, 2011 at 5:26 am | Report abuse |
    • Mark J

      Check out the USGS site, someone else posted this too. It's a data dump with GPS Coordinates

      3.3 2011/11/05 11:24:15 35.521 -96.778 5.0 9 km ( 6 mi) WNW of Prague, OK
      3.3 2011/11/05 09:12:11 35.591 -96.788 4.9 4 km ( 2 mi) SE of Sparks, OK
      2.7 2011/11/05 07:50:42 35.559 -96.762 4.8 8 km ( 5 mi) SE of Sparks, OK
      2.7 2011/11/05 07:44:34 35.488 -96.755 5.0 6 km ( 4 mi) W of Prague, OK
      3.4 2011/11/05 07:27:20 35.566 -96.698 5.0 9 km ( 6 mi) N of Prague, OK
      4.7 2011/11/05 07:12:45 35.570 -96.703 4.9 9 km ( 6 mi) N of Prague, OK

      November 5, 2011 at 8:16 am | Report abuse |
  2. Bill Raiford

    I woke up at about 2 AM this morning 11/5/11, I thought I felt the house shake, the shower doors were making a noise, they were rattling, it lasted about 15 sec or so, Shake Rattle and Roll Norman OK.

    November 5, 2011 at 3:59 am | Report abuse |
  3. J@K3

    Dude! I felt a small jolt here in tulsa, I just crapped my pants...

    November 5, 2011 at 3:59 am | Report abuse |
    • shawn

      lol i got scared too....i was laying down watching show and felt it....last time we had one i was in norman and felt it too....i say that was abit stronger than this one.

      November 5, 2011 at 4:52 am | Report abuse |
  4. Jess

    Shook my bed hard enough to wake me up. Guess Im a light sleeper, noone else in the house felt it and are sound asleep. 🙂 .. Edmond, Ok

    November 5, 2011 at 4:06 am | Report abuse |
  5. Migel Valadez

    Felt a couple of strong tremors. Must have been strong enough to wake me up! Reminds me of quakes in So. Calif. I pray everyone is ok and just a topic of conversation for breakfast. God Bless everyone.
    Moore, Oklahoma

    November 5, 2011 at 4:09 am | Report abuse |
  6. Tadd

    Felt the earthquake in Columbus Kansas (Southeast Kansas)! Lasted about 5-10 seconds long! Shook the walls in my bedroom!

    November 5, 2011 at 4:11 am | Report abuse |
  7. Joseph Nied

    I felt here in Lawton around 2:15. My desk and file cabinet were shaking. Wife in the bathroom said she didn't notice it. ....Lawton, Oklahoma

    November 5, 2011 at 4:15 am | Report abuse |
  8. Fernando1958

    I think it was in England that they stop a Gas extraction company from doing more fracking because it was determine that they were causing small earthquakes.

    November 5, 2011 at 4:25 am | Report abuse |
  9. Denise

    Felt it all the way up there in Kansas City, Missouri approx 2:15 a.m. Reported it the USGS website. It woke my husband out of bed, it was that intense.

    November 5, 2011 at 4:27 am | Report abuse |
  10. Sheri

    Felt earthquake here north side of Norman, Oklahoma. It was strong enough to rattle the windows, my desk, but I also heard a rumbling noise with it. Did anyone else. I reported this to USGS.Gov.

    November 5, 2011 at 4:27 am | Report abuse |
  11. Carrie

    I live in South West Missouri & felt it here. The whole house was shaking & the dogs outside were barking like crazy for several minutes afterwards. It woke me up from a sleep.

    November 5, 2011 at 4:38 am | Report abuse |
  12. Denise

    I'm from L.A. and lived in New York. You can have it, Screwed.

    November 5, 2011 at 4:50 am | Report abuse |
  13. Ann Berry

    I am from Whittier, CA moved to Ponca City about four years ago. That was a real earthquake. Two story house shook and rattled just like back in CA. Woke me up. Sure hope all are well. Problem is no news coverage. Back in CA we had Kate Hudson from I think Cal Tech. Here Nothing. oh well.

    November 5, 2011 at 4:55 am | Report abuse |
  14. Alycia

    no you moron, actually we don't wish we lived there, if we did we would.

    November 5, 2011 at 4:56 am | Report abuse |
  15. Saleem

    I felt in oklahoma city unversity

    November 5, 2011 at 5:12 am | Report abuse |
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