Louisiana experienced the second-largest earthquake in the state's history Thursday morning.
The magnitude 4.9 quake struck about 6:30 a.m. EST (5:30 a.m. local time) north of Edgefield, Louisiana. That's about 40 miles southeast of Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana.
Reports said the earthquake's shaking was felt across a wide swath of the state and into eastern Texas.
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The Shreveport Times reported that the temblorwoke sleeping people and rattled pipes.
No damage or injuries have been reported.
Louisiana experienced its largest quake — a magnitude 5.3 — 20 years ago. It struck about 11:15 p.m. EST (10:15 local time) on Feb. 9, 2006, on Grand Isle on the Gulf Coast.
Volcano Discovery reports thatLouisiana has very few quakes: about 5.3 a year, according to data from the past 56 years. Most of them are below magnitude 3.
