(DUDE! Earthquakes in Texas!--jef)
By Alice Wolke | Published : Wednesday, 13 Oct 2010
NORMAN, Okla. - Don't blame the gas wells this time -- the real thing struck in Oklahoma this morning and people all over North Texas felt it.
A 4.5-magnitude quake struck about 10 miles east of Norman, Okla., at 9:06 a.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
That's about 170 miles from Dallas.
Two people in the Norman area suffered minor injuries, the Associated Press reported.
People in Denton, north Fort Worth, Collin County, and Dallas reported feeling the tremor.
In the other direction, the quake was felt as far as Kansas City.
There's no word on any damage.
More than a dozen small earthquakes blamed on gas well drilling in the Barnett Shale shook towns like Cleburne, Euless and Grand Prairie in 2008 and 2009.
The largest of those quakes measured magnitude 3.3.
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