The US Geological Survey stated that on Thanksgiving Day, an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 occurred close to the Ross Barnett Reservoir.
At a depth of five kilometers, the mild earthquake occurred around twelve kilometers southeast of Canton. It took place at approximately 7:48 a.m. There were no reports of damage.
The earthquake was felt south of the Natchez Trace Parkway and on the north side of the reservoir, close to the point where Highway 43 crosses the lake.
There have been previous earthquakes in the area.
“Until 2014, when the dramatic increase in earthquake rates gave Oklahoma the number one ranking in the conterminous U.S., the most seismically active area east of the Rocky Mountains was in the Mississippi Valley area known as the New Madrid seismic zone,” according to the USGS website.
The New Madrid seismic zone “generated a sequence of earthquakes that lasted for several months and included three very large earthquakes estimated to be between magnitude 7 and 8” during the winter of 1811 and 1812, the USGS said.
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As far away as Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Louis, Missouri, the three greatest earthquakes of 1811–1812 caused modest structural damage, destroyed a number of communities along the Mississippi River, and were felt as far away as Hartford, Connecticut, Charleston, South Carolina, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
On Thanksgiving Day, an earthquake of a magnitude of 2.6 also occurred in Oklahoma.
