(AP)-A magnitude 5.0 earthquake could be felt as far as Little Rock Sunday. Reports indicate the quake was the fifth largest ever recorded in the state. KY3 News in Springfield says social media posters say they also felt the quake from Kansas City to northwest Arkansas.
Emergency officials in Cushing, Oklahoma, have evacuated
an assisted living center catering to the elderly after the
earthquake struck the city.
Assistant City Manager Jeremy Frazier said that while damage was reported at
the Cimarron Tower after Sunday night’s quake, no injuries were reported among
the home’s residents.
It wasn’t immediately known how many people lived at the building in downtown
Cushing. Tulsa television station KOTV said some of those taken from the home
were moved to the Cushing Youth Center.
Frazier said the temblor caused the most damage in and around Cushing’s
century-old downtown. A number of brick facades had collapsed, and window panes
in several buildings shattered. Frazier said city leaders could do a better
assessment after sun-up.
Concerns were raised, too, about possible damage in a crude oil tank farm near
the city that holds 58.5 million barrels, but there were no immediate reports of
trouble. News in Springfield also reports
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