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Our guest on ST is Dr. Stephen Marshak, Professor of Geology and Director of the School of Earth, Society, and Environment at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. As a part of Earth Week, the University of Tulsa's Geosciences Department invited Dr. Marshak for two speaking engagements that occurred here on the TU campus yesterday (the 17th) at noon and 7:30pm. The latter was an address entitled "What's Happening Deep Beneath the Midcontinent?: Tectonics, Earthquakes, and the EarthScope Project in North America's Interior." Dr.

MEEKER, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a small earthquake near Meeker in Lincoln County.

The U.S.G.S. reports the magnitude 3.0 earthquake was recorded at 10:30 p.m. Friday six miles northeast of Meeker — about 40 miles east of Oklahoma City.

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says there have been no reports of damage or injury

WELLSTON, Okla. (AP) — A small earthquake has been recorded in central Oklahoma.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 2.9-magnitude quake occurred about 7:45 a.m. Saturday 8 miles south of Wellston in Lincoln County. The sheriff's office received no reports of injury or damage with the temblor.

A 2.6-magnitude quake was reported April 10th near Wellston.

Three miles down, the earth rumbled just before 6 O'clock Saturday morning.

The US Geological Survey says yet another earthquake shook central Oklahoma early this morning, near Prague. The quake was pegged at 3.3. There are no reports of damage or injury.

There has been a series of earthquakes in the region, including the state's largest ever quake  last November. It registered 5.2.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The National Weather Service office in Tulsa reports receiving several phone calls from residents who mistook a strong clap of thunder for an earthquake.

Meteorologist Pete Snyder says he felt his south Tulsa home shake during the thunder Tuesday morning and that people from across the Tulsa metro area called the weather service to ask if it was an earthquake.