A 4.9-magnitude earthquake jostled tons of of hundreds of individuals in Louisiana early Thursday morning — an unusually sturdy temblor for the state.
There have been no stories of harm or accidents.
The earthquake, centered about 7 miles west of Edgefield, in northwest Louisiana, is the strongest earthquake centered on state soil and one of its strongest on file, in line with the US Geological Survey. Edgefield is about 35 miles southeast of Shreveport.
In February 2006, a 5.3 magnitude earthquake was recorded offshore in the Gulf about 100 miles south of Grand Isle, Louisiana. A 4.2-magnitude earthquake in October 1930 was the beforehand recognized strongest temblor on state soil.
More than 650,000 individuals skilled weak shaking from Thursday’s earthquake, notably in Louisiana and close by components of japanese Texas and southern Arkansas, according to the USGS.
Moderate shaking impacted 19,000 individuals close to the temblor’s epicenter.