5.6 magnitude earthquake rattles U.S. heartland

5.6 magnitude earthquake rattles U.S. heartland

Published 09/03 2016 12:17PM

Updated 09/03 2016 12:17PM

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An earthquake has rattled a swath of the Great Plains from Nebraska to North Texas.
 
The United States Geological Survey said that a 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:02 a.m. Saturday in north-central Oklahoma.
 
It also tweeted that aftershocks may occur.
 
People in Kansas City, Missouri; Fayetteville, Arkansas; and Norman, Oklahoma, all reported feeling the earthquake. 
 
Sean Weide in Omaha, Nebraska, said he'd never been in an earthquake before and thought he was getting dizzy.
 
Weide said he and one of his daughters "heard the building start creaking" and said it "was surreal."
 
Oklahoma officials have directed dozens of wastewater-disposal wells in the 500-square-mile area near earthquake epicenter to shut down.
 

 

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