IS NO WORD ON WHAT LED TO THAT SHOOTING. A SWARM OF EARTHQUAKES ROCKING OKLAHOMA, THE LARGEST ONE OF 5.1 ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRAGUE. >> NOW WE RECEIVED E-MAILS FROM PEOPLE EXPERIENCING SOME HOME DAMAGE, FALLING ITEMS, NEWS FOUR'S OF MY AWARDS SPOKE WITH AN EXPERT ABOUT THE QUAKES AND A COUPLE WHO WOKE UP TO THE NOISES. MAYA. >> ADRIA STATE EXPERTS SAY THIS IS NOW THE 3RD LARGEST EARTHQUAKE RECORDED IN OKLAHOMA. ONE COUPLE I SPOKE WITH SAY THEY ARE JUST GLAD IT WASN'T WORSE. >> SOUNDS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN COMING THROUGH THE SOUND WAS HARD ENOUGH FOR POLE MERCER TO HEAR. HOWEVER, HE SAYS THE FEELING WAS EVEN WORSE. THOSE WERE STARTLING SITUATION. PAUL SAYS HE WAS READING A BOOK AND HIS WIFE HAD JUST DOZED OFF TO START MY WIFE. SHE WOKE UP AND ABOUT THE SAME TIME >> SHORT A LARGE >> NOISE. A 5.1 EARTHQUAKE FELT BY MANY ACROSS THE STATE. PAUL SAYS HE LIVES ABOUT 20 MILES FROM THE EPICENTER NEAR PRAYING. IT WAS A LOOK SIGNIFICANT JOB HERE.
OKLAHOMA STATE SEISMOLOGIST JAKE WALTERS SAYS THE EARTHQUAKE WAS LOCATED IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE PREVIOUS EARTHQUAKE. THAT HAPPENED IN 2011. THIS AREA HAS >> HOSTED THE SECOND LARGEST EARTHQUAKE IN RECORDED HISTORY IN THE STATE. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS A MAGNITUDE 5.7 IN 2011, THE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION SAYING IN A PRESS RELEASE THEY'RE SHOOTING DOWN ALL WASTEWATER DISPOSAL. WELL, SITES IN A 10 MILE RADIUS FROM THE EPICENTER OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND THAT >> EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO WASTEWATER DISPOSAL OPERATIONS IN THE AREA. THE EARTHQUAKE REPORTEDLY HAD SEVERAL AFTERSHOCKS AND WALTER SAYS YOU SHOULD EXPECT SEVERAL MORE ALREADY BEEN MORE THAN 30 AFTERSHOCKS. WE'VE RECORDED. >> AND THE AFTERSHOCKS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NEXT DAYS AND WEEKS. WALTER ALSO SAYS IN THE EVENT OF ANY EARTHQUAKE, NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE, YOU SHOULD DROP COVER AND HOLD ON.
>> THE OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION SAYS SHUTTING DOWN .