4.3 magnitude quake shakes up Wichita area
And there we went again with the shaking.
An earthquake rattled walls and windows in Wichita at about 9:20 a.m. Friday.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported on its website a 4.3 magnitude earthquake occurring near Medford, Oklahoma, at 9:19 a.m. Medford is about 55 miles southwest of Arkansas City.
Kansans on Twitter reported feeling the earthquake in northwest Wichita, northeast Wichita, Douglass, Wellington and at Wichita State University.
@kansasdotcom Definitely felt that - huge surge then faded fairly quickly. NE Wichita.
— Tyler (@thyatira_aie) November 25, 2016
“We felt a one second shake, almost like a cannon going off far in the distance,” said Karen Funcheon of Bel Aire. She wondered if there would be an aftershock.
@kansasdotcom 29th N and Ridge....small jolt, and no sustained moving
— BadGolfer (@MatthewClynch) November 25, 2016
Besides cities in south-central Kansas, reports from Kansas City, Lawrence, Olathe and Pittsburg were received by the Geological Survey.
If you felt the earthquake, you can report it at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/
Oklahoma had reported three earthquakes as of Friday afternoon and about 2,045 earthquakes within the past year.
Roy Wenzl: 316-268-6219, @roywenzl
This story was originally published November 25, 2016 at 9:26 AM with the headline "4.3 magnitude quake shakes up Wichita area."