Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency in Pawnee County after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck northwest of Pawnee. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is requiring the shutdown of 37 wastewater disposal wells in the area around the epicenter of a magnitude 5.6 earthquake. The 5.6 magnitude earthquake that struck north-central Oklahoma apparently did not cause significant damage partly because of the type of rock beneath the region. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has directed dozens of wastewater disposal wells within an approximate 500-square-mile radius of the epicenter the Oklahoma earthquake to shut down. ———11:45 a.m.One minor injury has been reported as the result of a 5.6 magnitude earthquake in north-central Oklahoma.

Source: ABC News September 03, 2016 13:57 UTC