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Lamar County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Chapter Three <br />Figure 4a: Earthquakes Felt in Texas 1847 -2001 <br />bx �{ <br />li 1y�c�to t� ?1D C <br />RtJSI 1 G46,4�' {� 1 tIM <br />0 Qft* <br />'4_-+ 0 <br />ff1liTRi�.*t 1 q 01vol alma <br />,. O <br />We WSW 10*1 <br />.. ice"' q�,S.lt47t 19d? <br />1 1ilt,ti ` Q <br />0 <br />t � 11�1'S 1t� Arwn tllE1 ttlb4 <br />ter 001614 <br />1 1my b Q 1110 4rS: <br />lwt low <br />t� Q G <br />1 t on 7A3 <br />1�rt�e,•.sj • <br />Source: www.ia.utexas.edu <br />The State of Texas has had one reported death and limited damage resulting from earthquakes. <br />The highest magnitude quake was centered in Valentine, Texas on August 16, 1931. It <br />registered 6.0 on the Richter scale. Masonry structures were damaged by the quake but there <br />were no deaths. The one death came from a 4.7 magnitude quake near El Paso. A man lived <br />about 10 miles from the epicenter in Mexico but died when his adobe house collapsed on him. <br />134 <br />