Texas will spend $4.5 million to ‘monitor, locate and catalog’ earthquakes larger than 2.0M

Dallas News: According to the U.S. Geological Survey it’s been just nine days since Dallas’ most recent earthquake — a 2.3-magnitude tremor on Manana Drive near Stemmons Freeway, just south of the city-owned soccer fields at Moneygram Park, that rumbled through with nary a mention at 8:34 in the morning. Two days later, during the wee small hours of June 15, Venus had its own 2.3M quake — not quite the 4-pointer that ranks as North Texas’ biggest ever, but that’s beside the point. In case wondering if the earth has stopped moving under our feet, no, it has not.

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