A 4.3 earthquake strikes near Cushing, the second 4.3 magnitude this week in the Cushing area. Those quakes are strong enough to be felt miles away, and are of concern to emergency managers. Jeff Kuhn is Emergency Management Director for Payne County. He says with cooler weather, people are being asked to check chimneys for damage before lighting them up.
There are also a lot of pipelines in the Cushing area, and there is worry they could be damaged by one of these larger quakes. Kuhn says crews check the lines after any quakes large enough to possibly do damage.