Officials confirm 7 earthquakes shook Arkansas over the weekend

A map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows where earthquakes rattled northern Arkansas on Sunday, June 11, 2017.
A map from the U.S. Geological Survey shows where earthquakes rattled northern Arkansas on Sunday, June 11, 2017.

Seven earthquakes in total shook portions of northern Arkansas on Sunday, according to the latest U.S. Geological Survey data.

The largest tremor, a 3.6-magnitude quake centered about 5 miles north of Bergman in Boone County, struck around 7:40 a.m.

About an hour later, a quake registering a 2.4 magnitude rattled the same area. A third was recorded around 2:25 p.m. with a magnitude of 2.3 about 5 miles west of Lead Hill.

Four other tremors, each within magnitude ranging between 1.3 and 1.9, were also reported Sunday in northern Arkansas, officials said.

Those four were recorded between 7:51 a.m. and 4:31 p.m., according to an earthquake map from the USGS.

In the past 30 days, 185 quakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or higher have been recorded in the U.S. — only one of which shook Arkansas.

The tremors were also the first earthquakes to happen in Arkansas since a 2.4-magnitude quake May 14 near Marshall.

Bergman, a town of about 445 residents, is nearly 10 miles northeast of Harrison.

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