SPARKS, Okla.
(AP) — Another small earthquake has been reported in Oklahoma.
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.2 magnitude quake struck
just before 6
a.m. Sunday about 27 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. The Logan
County Sheriff's Office says no damage
was reported
On Saturday, a 2.4 magnitude tremor was recorded at about 7
a.m. about 50
miles northeast of Oklahoma City
near Sparks.
Sunday's earthquake is the sixth in the area since Thursday,
when a 3.7
magnitude quake was recorded near Prague.
Three more were recorded Friday.
A 5.6 magnitude quake, the strongest ever recorded in Oklahoma,
shook the state Nov. 5. That quake
damaged dozens of homes, buckled a highway and caused other
damage.
Geologists say earthquakes with magnitudes of 2.5 to 3.0 are
generally the
smallest felt by humans.
A 3.2 magnitude quake hit about 3 miles away from Wellston
shortly before 6
a.m. Sunday. It hit 4 miles from Luther and 27 miles away
from Oklahoma City.
Before that quake, a 2.1 magnitude earthquake hit 2 miles
southeast of Gerty
about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Its epicenter was 10 miles away from
Allen and 86 miles
from Oklahoma City.
Three small earthquakes were reported Friday near Shawnee.
The first two quakes, which measured 3.3 and 2.7
magnitudes, were reported
just after 2 p.m. about three miles north of Johnson, which
is about 10 miles
east of Shawnee,
the Oklahoma Geological
Survey said.
The third, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake, was reported about
three miles
northwest of Prague, survey officials reported.
The area has been the center of recent seismic activity
lately including the
largest recorded earthquake in the state's history, a
5.6-magnitude earthquake
on Nov. 5.