Earthquake Hits Near Choctaw

Another earthquake rumbles through Oklahoma.

Thursday, December 15th 2011, 5:20 pm

By: News On 6


Editor's note:  An earlier version of this story reported that the earthquake happened on December 15, 2001.  It actually occurred on December 13.  News On 6 regrets the error.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Another earthquake rumbles through Oklahoma.

According to a report by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a 2.5 magnitude quake shook east of Oklahoma City near Choctaw. It happened Tuesday, December 13 around 12:47 p.m.

Coordinates show the earthquake hit one mile north northeast of Choctaw, four miles east of Nicoma Park, five miles west northwest of Harrah, 15 miles east of Oklahoma City and 188 miles north of Dallas, Texas.

It was just under one mile deep.

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