They report a 4.5 magnitude earthquake in western Oklahoma

The United States Geological Survey reported that the earthquake occurred shortly after 1: 20p.m. So far no damage reports have been released

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The earthquake occurred shortly after 1: 20 pm

Its epicenter was less than two miles west, northwest of the small population of Shattuck, with about 1, 145 inhabitants, more than 30 miles west, southwest of Woodward and over 145 miles west, northwest of Oklahoma City.

No immediate reports of damage.

Did you feel the ground sh ake? 4.1 Earthquake near Shattuck, Oklahoma around 1: 54 pm.

– Damon Lane (@KOCOdamonlane) May 21, 2021

People fled from businesses along the city’s main street , but no injuries or damage are reported, said Shattuck City Manager, Sam Hamilton .

“It shook the buildings. I thought something exploded… it was like an explosion, ”said Hamilton, calling it the first earthquake that I had experienced, reported CBSDFW .

Thousands of earthquakes in Oklahoma in recent years.

Many were related to underground injection of wastewater from oil and gas production, prompting regulators to order producers to close some injection wells.

Geologists say damage is unlikely to earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or less.

More than 1, 550 earthquakes Additional occurred in Oklahoma since 1977 until 2002, according to Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History . The magnitude values ​​of earthquake s typical of Oklahoma range from 1.8 to 2.5, and focal depths are generally shallow (less than three miles). Earthquakes have occurred in seventy-three of the seventy-seven counties in Oklahoma .