12 earthquakes shake Faulkner county Arkansas in 24 hour period
Posted by JAC on 2/16/2011, 8:18 pm
February 16, 2011 - GUY, ARK  

People who live in northern Faulkner County are feeling the ground shake again. 12 earthquakes have happened in the Greenbrier area between 3:30 this morning and 3:30 this afternoon. The strongest of those registered 2.9 on the Richter Scale. There have been a dozen quakes since Monday around Greenbrier according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). According to Wikipedia, earthquakes that register 2.0 to 2.9 in magnitude are classified as minor and are generally not felt. There are about 1,000 of these everyday around the world.

-Arkansas Matters

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