DIAMOND CITY, Ark. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded a small earthquake near Diamond City in northwestern Arkansas.
The Survey reports the 2.3 preliminary magnitude quake was recorded just before 9 p.m. Thursday five miles northeast of Diamond City. No injuries were reported — geologists say earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 to 3 are generally the smallest felt by humans.
Diamond City is on a peninsula at Bull Shoals Lake near the Missouri state line and about 55 miles southeast of Springfield, Mo.
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