November 16, 2011
By: Carrie Van Brunt-Wiley
Officials in Oklahoma now say more than 300 residents have reported property damage from this month's series of earthquakes which rattled many people in the state.
Emergency management officials told The Oklahoman that the damage appeared to be centered across Lincoln County near the fault area, with damage ranging from cracked walls and collapsed chimneys to other issues.
Officials told the paper that many residents did not have earthquake insurance - which is not included in standard home insurance policies - since strong quakes are uncommon in the area. Experts from the Federal Emergency Management Agency have already begun assessing the damage.
"We've had 310 reports and still counting," Joey Wakefield, Lincoln County's emergency management director, told the paper. "And, from what we've been told, some of the homes are significantly damaged."
Between November 5 and 9, the U.S. Geological Survey noted more than 30 different tremors in Oklahoma. The strongest of the group - with a magnitude of 5.6 - was the strongest ever recorded in the state during what the USGS describes as "modern times."
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