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Most earthquakes in the state have been small or have produced minimal impacts. No earthquake-related fatalities have been reported in the state, though one earthquake in Texas caused a death in the neighboring Mexican state of Chihuahua in 1923. The earliest recorded earthquake in Texas occurred near Seguin and New Braunfels on February 13 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
English: USGS ShakeMap for the 1931 Valentine, Texas earthquake. Date: 6 June 2020: Source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: Author: United States Geological Survey ...
A 4.9-magnitude earthquake shook West Texas Monday night, was felt as far as D-FW. USGS reports it ties as the 8th strongest in state history. See map.
Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [1] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [2] which is complete to December 2005. From January 2006, earthquake locations are from the United States Geological Survey's Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE) [3] monthly listing.