We had a magnitude 2.6 earthquake hit today.

Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 07:01:52 PM at epicenter
Magnitude 2.6, 3.1 miles deep
Lat: 36.295 Long: -94.251
Event ID: us2010wnab

I was at the tattoo studio and there was two loud bangs which reverberated through the building. I thought someone had wrecked their vehicle into the building. I went outside and looked, but nothing. Freaky.

This is the 2nd earthquake in the last month. Freakier.

Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 10:52:31 AM local time at epicenter
Magnitude 2.5
36.33N 94.31W
Event ID: us2010vrbm

Before that, there have been no earthquakes in this county in recorded history. Even more freaky.

I dug some digging at the USGS database and found the following other earthquakes near the area:

• May 25, 1986, Twin Oaks, OK, Magnitude 2.2, Lat: 36.230 Long: -94.877
• June 20, 1926, Evening Shade, AR, Magnitude 4.2 (Richter?), Lat: 35.600 Long: -94.900
• July 8, 1925, Alpena, AR, Magnitude 3.9 (Richter?), Lat: 36.300 Long: -93.200

There have been others felt in the area, but as per information found in other sources, but those were the only ones recorded.

I guess something had to build all the gorgeous mountains around us here in Arkansas. Maybe it's back to add on more?