Historical Pawnee Home Feeling Effects Of Recent Earthquakes

People in Pawnee County are checking for damage from the latest earthquake.

Tuesday night’s quake reached a 4.5 magnitude just two months after the state's largest quake, at 5.8, shook the same area.

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Now, people that live in Pawnee are fearful what another earthquake could bring.

Tuesday night's quake didn't do anything like the one in September; and while some folks saw no damage, others saw a little.

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Boards line the liquor store shelves as a new effective barrier to keep booze from shaking off and busting on the floor - like what happened with $1,000 worth of inventory during the September 5.8 magnitude earthquake.

Then, up the hill on the highest and most historical point in Pawnee County, there’s some damage at Pawnee Bill’s Historical Museum and Mansion.

“It's actually causing the porch to separate from the side of the house,” said historical interpreter, Anna Davis. “All of this right here, that's from the 5.8. Of course, every subsequent earthquake just gets worse and worse and worse.

Pawnee Bill and his wife built the house in 1910. Everything inside is original - many pieces so fragile, they were taken off display for safe keeping following September's quake.

“You kind of had that, that moment where you have to hold your breath and think, 'Oh my goodness, what are we going to find that has been damaged,'” Davis said.

Some crumbling sandstone, cracks in the walls and shifted decor are the most noticeable issues, but, there's always worry with the next one, that this piece of Oklahoma history won't be so lucky.

Davis said, “We're very, very concerned about earthquakes, especially because you can’t predict them.”

The Pawnee Bill Museum is owned by the state. Engineers were out a few weeks ago to figure what can be done to repair some of the cracks; they also said the mansion and other properties are structurally safe.

The museum is waiting to find out if it qualifies for earthquake insurance.