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Arkansas Hit With Mild 3.9-Magnitude Quake

It's the third North American quake since yesterday

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 29, 2012 9:06 AM CDT

(Newser) – Apparently the planet is cranky today. As if Hurricane Sandy weren't enough, Arkansas got a jolt from a 3.9-magnitude earthquake this morning, the US Geological Survey announced. The quake hit near the Tennessee border, at a depth of about 3.2 miles, according to CNN. The quake is the third of note to hit North America since yesterday morning, following another 3.9 affair in downtown LA and a 7.7 off the coast of Canada.

Official at National Seismic Monitoring Center Peshawar, Pakistan, monitors the aftershock recorded at Richter Scale in this 2008 file photo.
Official at National Seismic Monitoring Center Peshawar, Pakistan, monitors the aftershock recorded at Richter Scale in this 2008 file photo.   (AP Photo/Shabbir Hussain Imam)
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COMMENTS
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Smitty6398
Nov 26, 2012 10:58 PM CST
More likely the New Madrid fault hiccuping. Don't think there is much fracturing going on in that area.
Jeebus
Oct 29, 2012 1:00 PM CDT
Of course it's fracking, these reports are becoming way more common in recent years.
AustinSpace
Oct 29, 2012 11:58 AM CDT
Fracking.
 

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