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See the Moment the Oklahoma Earthquake Hit — Including ESPN Reporter’s Wide-Eyed Reaction On Air

Oklahoma is rattled after the state’s strongest earthquake shook the ground for nearly a minute Saturday night.

The magnitude 5.6 quake was centered near Sparks, about 44 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. It was followed by a series of aftershocks Sunday morning, including two with 4.0 magnitudes.

No major injuries have been reported, but homeowners and businesses noted cracked walls, fallen items and other minor damage. The Shawnee Fire Department told KWTV in Oklahoma City one spire on the administration building at St. Gregory University had been damaged and another one was leaning.

At least three sections of U.S. Route 62 reportedly buckled as a result of the quake, which was felt as far away as Wisconsin and Tennessee.

At least eight earthquakes were felt during a 24-hour period that kicked off early Saturday with a magnitude 4.7.

Residents quickly uploaded their own videos capturing the moment the temblor hit.

Content warning — strong language

And finally, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit was on the air reporting on the Oklahoma State-Kansas State football game at the time of the quake. Watch his eyes as he realizes what’s happening, then is unable to answer a question about his report.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

This post will be updated as additional information comes in.

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  • okieron
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 3:47pm

    I’m 30 miles away and it shook us for a minute. If you look on the USGS page there are 23 quakes listed in the last day. Remember we have a harder substructor than CA so the waves carry farther. It was quite an evening. And yes, it could have been God clapping for the OSU win!!! If all LSU could do was 9 points they don’t have a chance against us.

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  • Tightroper2
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 3:07pm

    Mucho oil removed from OK through the years. Could have caused shifting in the tectonic plates beneath, resulting in the quake. (Just speculation).

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    • badbarber54
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 12:24am

      BS,,,(just speculation) :)

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    • uzi4u2
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 5:06pm

      Probably not, the earth moves all the time and really…5.6…?? It’s not that big. In the Philippines while stationed there we had serveral at 6.5, now THAT rocks! Also in the Azores, we had them while stationed there, but they are different in that they are a sharp jolt instead of a rolling kind of thing. If you have never been in one they will freak you out till you get used to them. We’ve actually had them here in east central “Peoples Republic of Illinois”

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  • auntmoxie.com
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 3:07pm

    I don’t know what I find more “earth shattering”: a 5.6 quake or the fact that a “journalist” uses “him and his wife” as the subject of a sentence.

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    • bonniegal
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 4:26pm

      Aunt Moxie! I thought we old geezers were the last of the grammatically correct English speakers. What a pleasure to hear from a young person who actually learned something in our education system that is in shambles.
      Texting is another thing that will be the downfall of the English language…perhaps all language…what a lazy, ineloquent way of communicating.

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    • Mickeyd
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 6:02pm

      I noticed that, too. Hmmm

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 9:29pm

      What’s even sadder is people are starting to WRITE in such bad grammar. Does anyone teach proper grammar anymore? It’s getting so bad that good English is starting to sound wrong to MY ears, I hear it so seldom. Who says “It’s he“ as opposed to ”It’s him”? The first is the correct one, but I think the battle on that one was lost decades ago.

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  • bankerpapaw
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:35pm

    I felt the earthquake and I live in South-West Arkansas. I had just gone to bed. It felt as if someone
    was bumping the bed with their knees. I felt 3 bumps. Weird!!

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    • sweetgold
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 4:00pm

      5.6 is not a large earthquake. 6.5 is. This from Calif Gold.

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:23pm

    God is working his purpose out and the time is growing near.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:31pm

      He surely can’t be too impressed with the current events of the world………..

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:35pm

      Herbie is always wide-eyed.

      The Meers fault system is really kicking up. We better hope that it doesn’t spur dual activity in the Yellowstone Caldera and along the New Madrid fault system. Going to be an interesting year.

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    • ther1ghtsofbilly
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:51pm

      No gypsy123. It is the natural process of the earth and has nothing to do with some dumb A-hole spirit in the sky. Man, some of you hocus pocus people are beyond ignorant. Jaisus! An earthquake is an earth quake and nothing more. They’ve been occuring for millions of years.

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    • Robert999
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 3:00pm

      I can’t understand why the Lord continues to visit tribulations on Godly places like Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, etc. yet spares dens like Chicago and New York.

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  • ScottyK7
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:22pm

    Here in Oklahoma City we felt both of them. The first one early Saturday morning caused the bed to shake and pens to rattle around on the desk. The second one late Saturday night again shook the bed, and also moved the pictures on the wall and opened up some of the cabinets in the kitchen.

    While the rest of the nation may laugh at us because it was “only” a 5.6 quake, we’re not used to them, thus they don’t enter on our radar.

    Severe thunderstorms? Tornadoes? just another day in Oklahoma. A EF0 tornado is just a stiff breeze for us.

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:36pm

      Just because they gave it a 5+ rating doesn‘t mean it wasn’t as bad as those they give a 7+ rating. There are a number of other factors that come into play such as the depth of the epicenter, the underlying ground structure, etc. No matter what, when you feel one of these there sure is a feeling of helplessness as there is nothing you can do. The earth shifting there means somewhere else there must be a shift too.

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  • Mikev5
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:12pm

    Just earth cycles natural thing but Big AL GORE would say its Global warming jump on the stage and tell us how stupid all us unbelievers are with that very serious look he has

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    • ther1ghtsofbilly
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:54pm

      Just like the bible thumping toothless end days wishers. Every time there’s some normal and regular event, they try to shoehorn it into their crazy superstitious narrative like nutso Beck. It must suck to go through life full of delusions and stupidity like these nutters do.

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 4:24pm

      @Therightsofbilly,how about you have a little respect for others, we all know your an idiot,so no need to try and prove it to the entire world,gee whiz if you don’t believe in God thats your problem,but enough with your hatefull nasty remarks,and yes i would tell you that to your face as well,if you choose to eat camel dung ,try not to force that on the rest of us,now be a good little muslum,and go hide under your daddy’s skirt

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    • Max jones
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 7:30pm

      billy billy yeah you have RIGHTS, but you better take note of your wrongs too. At this time you don’t have a prayer. You will come to need things you have not prepared yourself to receive. As a Christian, I am expected to be compassionate toward you, but I am not feeling it. I want you and anyone else who disrespects Christ to hang…i won’t be disappointed.
      Go and make your dis-beliefs known, but leave the believers alone, we are not push-overs nor are we cowards. If you think that turning the other cheek means I won’t defend myself my family, friends or my tribe,you are very very foolish.
      There will be a definite show of power….You will tremble where you stand.
      I stay locked and loaded at all times and those I don‘t trust don’t get very close…period.
      I believe that you would attempt to refute the theory of relativity to Einstein’s face, as if you knew anything at all about higher math….that is how you approach Christianity….another subject you know nothing about.
      You had better learn how to defend yourself, your secular chaotic existence is near its end.

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    • proud2bmom
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 8:00am

      @SLIMNRANGER You will never convince someone to be more respectful by being rude to them. I disagree with Billy, too, but calling him an idiot isn’t helpful. The hypocrisy completely devalues anything you might say.

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    • uzi4u2
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 5:13pm

      Billy….you are a douch bag but let me ask you this. If it‘s not important and it’s all make believe and there is nothing to it, why are you so upset by it? Can’t you just let others think what they want? You are trying to force them to believing as you, why? If you don’t want to believe, OK, don’t but stop trying to make others comply with you, dick.

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  • Cold War Vet
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:01pm

    It’s CLIMATE CHANGE! QUICK! SOMEBODY GET AL GORE ON THE PHONE!!!

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    • Cemoto78
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:30pm

      We can’t locate him as he is hiding under a desk someplace

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  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:01pm

    We felt it up here in NE Kansas. Just a couple ripples.

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    • Apple Bite
      Posted on November 7, 2011 at 6:20am

      Earthquakes been around a hell of alot longer than oil drilling and Environmentalists whining about said drilling….

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  • Mikev5
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 1:56pm

    WOW a small 4.7 and you freak out? In California even if a 6.5 hit all you do is smile and move on 4.7 will not even get a Californian to flinch or even get out of bed.

    Now a Tornado may freak us out

    Ha Ha how funny

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    • ScarletRose
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 4:49pm

      California changed construction rules so many decades ago to make sure all you feel for 99% of yours are just little ripples. That is not the case when ground is different and the construction codes are very much different and the buildings don’t have springs in the foundations.

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    • paxchgo
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 5:15pm

      Having moved to Tulsa from San Jose, I can tell you that in the Midwest a 5.6 is huge. Here we have solid bedrock, unlike the broken up stuff thatS under the Golden State. What that means is that earthquake waves are carried pretty damn far and it takes much farther for those waves to dissipate. Making. It much worse in many ways. This one was felt as far away as Tennessee and Wisconsin. It’s as if the Northridge quake was felt in Bend OR.

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    • Mikev5
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 5:40pm

      Well you will feel it you just don’t freak out some of the ones I have been through got my blood running I was in a restaurant that had a very high ceiling and big 10 foot wide large tiffany leaded ceiling lamps and those heavy things were swaying back and fro by two feet almost smashing into each other that was how hard it was shaking that was a strong Quake.

      As a kid I was leaning against a pole in the ground and it tossed me on the ground it swayed so strongly didn’t know what was going on till I saw all the cars swaying back and fro and all the neighbors running into the street that was a 7.5 way back in 1960 or so, we lived in what is still known as the Earthquake capital of the USA in Imperial Valley CA inland from San Diego CA that area is known to have an earthquake almost every week most you can’t feel

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  • Archstone
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 1:53pm

    Gosh, I’d love to play poker against that guy!!!

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  • mikechga
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 1:44pm

    What I think is funny is … he’s waiting to tell the world he was just in an earthquake and the big mouth on the left WILL NOT ASK HIS QUESTION! He just keeps babbling on and will not wrap it up!

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  • Thewayiseeit
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 1:38pm

    With all this new (Location and intensity) earth quake action, one should wonder…
    What is causing this?
    Yellowstone Dome changes?
    Large object location changes in relative near space to earth?
    Intelligent people changing from Left leaning to Right? (That’s the one I like)
    Or just the planet reminding us how little control or effect we really have?

    I don’t know!
    But I’ll bet the left blames G. Bush & the Republican Congress Majority for it!

    And now for something…
    Totally Different!

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    • docvet
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 3:27pm

      For having only one eye, you see things pretty clearly. Good stuff.

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  • jado1981
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:45pm

    It hit here in Saginaw (near Fort Worth) Texas, quite a few of my neighbors said they felt it, but I didn’t feel a thing, didn’t hear pictures rattle on the wall or anything.

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  • CulpepperJosh1638
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:44pm

    Coming from CA, you should just get used to it no matter where you live. Natural disasters can strike anyone.

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  • Okie from Muskogee
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:39pm

    That was wild for the OK…..It rattled the house pretty good…. 

    2 quakes in one day in Oklahoma….Who’d of thunk it…..

    Oklahoma State winning to be #2 must have sent shockwaves thru the universe! Ha! 

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    • SlimnRanger
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 1:58pm

      I am a huge OSU fan,i joked at Church this morning the earthquake was caused by the angels in Heaven chearing on OSU.

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  • IndyNWguy
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:39pm

    The ESPN guy’s face was priceless. I’ve watched that over and over and my sides are killing me!

    I’m sure it scared the living (*$#& out of him, and that’s too bad, but my God was that funny!

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  • urfree2b4now
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:37pm

    Those eyes…..priceless.

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  • grannyjojo
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:31pm

    Living in Tulsa, Oklahoma I can personally vouch that it WAS way weird. I experienced both and the 5.6 was so much more sustained then the 4.7. Dogs went nuts right before and continued until about 1 minute after it was over with, as far as I was concerned. I’ve lived here all my life and never experienced feeling an earthquake. Hold on to your hats folks, its bound to get worse, according to the Bible. “Every knee will bow and every tongue confess”

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    • ther1ghtsofbilly
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:57pm

      What utter horse manure. “every knee will bow etc.” Yeah right. Jesus is not coming back and those silly stories made up by ignorant toothless bronze age people are all just fables. What a frigging joke. lololol

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  • COFemale
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:18pm

    Wasn’t it too long ago that the Oklahoma School District got sued by a Christian Group and Marines Recruiters visit a Gay center in Oklahoma.

    Perhaps God is sending a message to Oklahoma back off. Just saying.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:36pm

      No one ever seems to believe that there could be a connection, alike giving a message… any more… but in the back of my mind, I always wonder! You know… some time after an appearance of a Madona or the Virgin Mary… Disaster befalls the area… so real or not… people seem to agents of the Warning.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:16pm

    Anyone out there recall the stories of the late 1800s quakes along the Mississippi River area, three of 8.0+ in magnitude that wiped out a large area of the region? I wonder with this series of quakes hitting in so many areas if we are being forewarned of a earthquake storm about to unleash here in the states once again?

    Also, for people of faith as well, I do believe this is part of the end game warm up for the good book does speak of quakes in diverse places.

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    • guntotinsquaw
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:42pm

      Remember…I grew up playing in the big sand pile (sand blows) that was on my Uncle Warrens’ farm..His momma used to talk about how that sand pile got there..she was a kid

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    • Mandors
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:55pm

      Snow, you are spot on. You’re thinking of the New Madrid earthquakes. They were enormous quakes that happened in the early 19th Century. Interestingly, they occurred after major flooding of the Mississippi–just like we had earlier this year. Hopefully, history won’t repeat itself.

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    • Mikev5
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 2:04pm

      Snow I Love you to death your words on this forum are always my favorite and down to earth but you flipped this time stay away from those preachy lines please and yes they are due for another round of big ones like back in the 1800 I can’t remember the date but it was a very odd thing that happened and scared many people back then.

      Keep up the good work Snow

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  • Bronco II
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:10pm

    If people study the Bible GOD fortells us things to come those birth pangs are getting HARDER AND CLOSER but those who stand with him have nothing to fear he isn’t mad at us.GOD watches over his own.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:22pm

      I believe in God for sure, but I’ll blame this on faults and tectonic plates in this case.

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    • hi
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 6:39pm

      YEP
      If you are really interested, faults and tectonics don’t make sense scientifically. They are based on the evolution assumption that the earth is millions of years old. . Whereas, if you read MIT PhD Walt Brown’s Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood, he explains that the earth is young. The earthquakes are because gravity is still pulling the earth tighter and tighter. See? His theory makes sense scientifically (gravity). Just look at the plates which are all different shapes and whatnot. They can’t slide and move around and if they do, they just magicaly do it. There isn’t a driving force as to how it works. Well, I am not good at explaining it. So, look it up if interested! He explains all of the theories so you can decide which is more logical or scientific.

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    • YepImaConservative
      Posted on November 6, 2011 at 7:51pm

      Okay [HI], I’ll check it out…But I don’t want to be so open-minded that my brains fall out either, lol.

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  • YepImaConservative
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:09pm

    Time to put those defensive players on a diet.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:01pm

    “This is actually kind of creepy dude”

    Nah, not really dude. If you got hit by a tsunami afterwords…in Oklahoma…Then THAT would be creepy.

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  • llotus
    Posted on November 6, 2011 at 12:00pm

    And I was asleep. But woke up. Then the calls came. Lotus.

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