A 5.1 magnitude earthquake has shook an area near Oklahoma’s capital late Friday night, followed by smaller quakes during the next several hours, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported.
According to Associated Press report monitored the earthquake struck at 11.24pm and was centered 8kms (5 miles) north-west of Prague, Oklahoma, about 57 miles(92km) east of Oklahoma City.
Residents across the state from Lawton to Enid to Tulsa reported feeling the shaking to the USGS.
The initial earthquake was followed by at least eight smaller temblors through Saturday morning, ranging in strength from magnitude 2.5 to 3.4, according to the geological survey.
According to the report State and local emergency officials did not immediately return phone calls for comment early Saturday. But no major injuries or damage were initially reported.
The earthquake was shallow – just 3km (1.8 miles) deep, according to the USGS – and temblors that hit close to the surface can make the shaking more intense.
At least six earthquakes, including two greater than magnitude 4.0, were recorded near another Oklahoma City suburb in January.
In April, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake was among a series of six that struck the central Oklahoma town of Carney, about 40 miles (64km) north-east of Oklahoma City.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck Prague in 2011, about 60 miles (97km) south of the state’s strongest recorded earthquake site in Pawnee, which registered a magnitude 5.8 in 2016.
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