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[Junior]

5.6 earthquake centered near OK City! Felt it strongly at Pea Ridge, AR. Rattled the window blinds, gently rocked me in my chair at my computer. I've been through many small earthquakes in SE Missouri and east Arkansas, (New Madrid Faultline) but not like this one! Occurred about 10:53pm (Saturday) and shook things up for ten to fifteen seconds. The family here at the house were having small freak out attacks! Everybody OK, no damage.

[jmc75]

Ok I felt that I thought it was me. Here on Indian Point

[pintrader]

Ya!  Now they are saying 5.6.  I am pretty sure that would be the largest in Oklahoma history.

[shavethewhales]

That one actually freaked me out a little, I'll admit. I felt the one last night, but I almost didn't realize it was an earthquake until it was over. This time it was long and heavy - I actually ran outside with the rest of the apartment community because it just kept shaking and there was no telling how bad it would get.

I'm always amazed at how far these things are felt too. Not only did the entire state of OK feel it, but apparently people up in KS city, Dallas, and even Junior in Arkansas. That's pretty intense!

I just don't see how quakes this big can happen so frequently all of a sudden. They were never talked about when I was growing up, but now we've had at last 4 major episodes in the last 12 months, counting this event as 2. Luckily these aren't related to the New Madrid, but rather to a fissure that's been in the middle of OK for forever. It seems like the fissure is really waking up though... the hot spot in Arkansas has been a lot more active recently than I remember too. I don't think the cause of all this is necessarily fraking, but I couldn't tell you either way. Maybe if we're lucky though we can eventually push Texas off into the sea and have a cost line in OK/AR 

[How-doFolks]

We was asleep. But alot'a my FB friends are talkin' about it, & we live in KC, Mo. Some felt it, some did not.

[sanddunerider]

MMMM?  wonder how far north it was felt...  glad your all ok..   

[MissinTheGreenTrams]

I felt it here in Neosho MO and didnt think much of it. We live right next to train tracks sooooo.....but I felt it. Now I know what I felt. It wasnt much. But my dad hears that another one is on its way that is bigger.....hmmmm blizzzard tornado earthquake......whats next?

[How-doFolks]

oh gosh, who knows, dont ask.. 

[rubedugans]

Atleast 50 earthquakes occur every day in the world.

I, again felt nothing from this one. Not in JC anymore but in StL...but still nothing. Some on the news said the ydid, I am not sure...

[bobber620]

I felt the 5.6 up here in Kansas. Well at least the southeast corner of it any way, Had reports from friends of friends on facebook that they had felt it up in Great Bend, Ks.  I thought it was just the wind blowing hard until my ceiling fan started to shake smacking the pull chains against the lighting globe. Kinda Freaky. Used to the thunderstorms and tornadoes but earthquakes, come on LOL!!!!

[Ozark Outlaw]

It was felt here in Little Rock too. I was laying in bed, and my house started to shake a bit. It lasted about ten to fifteen seconds, and then was gone. It felt very similar to the earthquakes in Greenbrier Arkansas this summer.

[Gilligan]

rubedegans - there are over 400 earthquakes per year in AK; heard it on the Discovery Channel.

[rubedugans]

That's a huge amount! My Bro in law lives in Florissant MO (about 25 min from us) closer to St. Louis, and felt the bigger one yesterday, but nothing here.

[Ozark Outlaw]

For those interested, here is an up-to-date, and clickable map of all of the world's earthquakes within the last two weeks, shown by bright circles. The larger the circle, the greater the intensity.

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

[Junior]

Interesting map...thanks!