Some people in the northwestern part of Carter County said they felt the ground shake during an earthquake that hit Stephens County Monday night.
The tremor struck about four miles west northwest of Ratliff City at about 10 p.m. and measured 3.0 on the Richter scale.
“I heard a big boom and the whole house shook,” Fox resident Bill Beard said. “I called my mom, and she said her whole house shook, too.”
Beard initially feared that a nearby oil rig had exploded.
“It shook some light bulbs out, but there wasn’t any damage,” he said.
Amie Gibson, a scientist with the Oklahoma Geological Survey Observatory, said Tuesday afternoon that she had only received one citizen report about the tremor. She said an earthquake of that magnitude was unlikely to have caused any significant damage.
Anyone who would like to file a report about what they experienced should go to www.okgeosurvey1.gov and click on the “Report Feeling an Oklahoma Earthquake” link.
The Oklahoma Geological Survey Observatory south of Leonard in rural Tulsa County is a comprehensive geophysical observatory that records, identifies and locates between 30 and 170 earthquakes per year in the state.
— Staff writer Phil Banker contributed to this story.
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