One of two small earthquakes that shook two small northern Oklahoma towns on Sunday was felt in northwest and north-central Arkansas and a few counties in southern Kansas and southwest Missouri, resulting in limited reports throughout the region
Inside Fort Smith readers in Evansville and Bella Vista, near Stillwell, Oklahoma, and Baxter Springs, Kansas, said on Sunday they felt the earth move shortly before noon. A Fort Smith couple en route to Fort Smith from Joplin also reported feeling the jolt along U.S. Highway 71 near Jane, Missouri.
The U.S. Geological Survey a magnitude 3.0 quake at 11:52 a.m. Sunday near Hunter and a 2.1 magnitude quake at 8:02 a.m. near Meno.
No injuries or damage were reported. Geologists say damage is not likely in earthquakes below magnitude 4.0.
The two towns are about 30 miles apart and about 75 miles slightly north-northwest of Oklahoma City.
Thousands of earthquakes have been recorded in Oklahoma in recent years, with many linked to the underground injection of wastewater from oil and natural gas operations.
Oklahoma regulators have directed oil and natural gas producers to close some disposal wells and to reduce the volume of wastewater that is injected into other wells.
Oklahoma has experienced about three dozen earthquakes of a 3.0 magnitude or better since January 1.