Texans near San Antonio experienced a 4.5 earthquake on Wednesday night, according to the United States Geological Survey.
It felt as if the furnace was blowing up, a truck was hitting our building and our solar panels were falling off – all at the same time,” said a resident less than 10 miles from the quake’s epicenter.
KARNES COUNTY, Texas – A 4.5-magnitude earthquake was reported near Falls City, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS said the earthquake happened just before 9:30 p.m., approximately 44 miles southeast of San Antonio in Karnes County. The earthquake’s depth was 2.3 miles, the agency said.
Another earthquake of a relatively minor 2.0 magnitud e was recorded overnight in approximately the same spot as Monday’s 3.8-magnitude quake off the coast of Maine, according to the United State Geological Survey.
Another earthquake was detected off the coast of New England early Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 2.0-magnitude earthquake struck at about 3:15 a.m. and was centered less than 10 miles east of Portsmouth.
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake centered near the Maine coast rattled houses in northern New England on Monday and was felt by surprised residents of states hundreds of miles away.
People across the region felt a 3.8 magnitude earthquake that was centered off the coast of Maine in York Harbor. So how rare is such an occurrence in New England?
Experts say that while it has been quiet after Monday's quake, the risk of one or more aftershocks is not out of the question.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.
A 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook Falls City, a small town southeast of San Antonio with tremors felt all the way to the Alamo Quarry area.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake shook buildings in Taiwan on Thursday morning, as a series of temblors hit the island, causing little damage but possibly portending more seismic activity in the near future.