Great Earthquakes In Diverse Places
Latest in wave of Earthquakes shakes Arkansas
Published: Oct. 11, 2010 at 4:16 PM
CONWAY, Ark., Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Central Arkansas was shaken awake Monday
morning as a 4.0-magnitude earthquake rattled an area north of Little
Rock, a county official said.
The 8:33 a.m. quake was centered two miles southeast of Guy and was
just one of 45 minor earthquakes reported since Wednesday afternoon,
Shelia Maxwell of the Faulkner County Office of Emergency Management
told KATV, Little Rock.
All but three of the earthquakes were recorded within three miles of
Guy.
There were no serious damages or injuries, Scott Ausbrooks, geohazards
supervisor with the U.S. Geological Survey, told the Baxter Bulletin.
Maxwell said the USGS is looking into the recent seismic activity in
the area.
"We're having them in places we've never had them before," she said.
"The USGS is looking into why we're having them and why there have been
so many."