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A rare strong earthquake struck near Midland, Texas, on Monday evening, triggering more than 1,000 reports of shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Magnitude-5.1 earthquake strikes near ...
Map of seismic hazard in Texas as of 2014, as determined using the peak ground acceleration with 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years. Earthquakes intense enough to be perceptible occur annually in the U.S. state of Texas. Most earthquakes in the state have been small or have produced minimal impacts.
West Texas experienced a series of earthquakes, including a 5.1 magnitude tremor, just days after another quake had hit the region. Scurry County was rocked Friday morning, July 26, by a reported ...
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit western Texas on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck about 23 miles west-southwest of Mentone, Texas, around 4:27 a.m. local ...
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked West Texas Monday night, with tremors felt as far as Austin, DFW. Ties as fifth-strongest quake in state history.
Its epicenter was near the town of Valentine, Texas; there, the earthquake caused damage to many homes and buildings. [6] The earthquake may have been caused by movement along oblique-slip faulting in West Texas, the most seismically active region in the state. Shaking from the earthquake was perceptible within a 400 mi (640 km) radius of the ...
Escarpment formed by the Balcones Fault at Mount Bonnell Balcones Fault Trend and affected counties Geologic map of the Balcones, and the Mexia-Talco-Luling Fault Trends, where black lines are faults, the blue shaded area is the Claiborne Group, yellow is the Jackson Group, and tan is the Wilcox Group
The earthquake could be felt for hundreds of miles in all directions, USGS data show. 5.3-magnitude earthquake and aftershocks rattle West Texas, experts say. ‘Unsettling’