Monday, April 07, 2008

Texas Temblor!

Everything is bigger in Texas, except maybe earthquakes.
But we had one this morning just south of San Antonio, measuring a measely 3.7 on the 10 point 10-point Richter Scale, according to a Houston Chronicle story. The epicenter was pegged about 10 miles south of Poth in Wilson County, and 12 miles west-northwest of Kenedy in Karnes County.
As earthquakes go, this is small.
This site has some Texas quake history:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/texas/history.php
Mostly, any shaking in the Lone Star State is caused by massive earthquakes elsewhere, although there are some faults way out there in West Texas.
I just hope the home insurers don't try to figure out a way to capitalize on this.

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