New Map Reveals More than 250 Fault Lines in Dallas-Fort Worth Area, Illustrating Potential Earthquake Risk
Seismometers like this one help track earthquakes across Texas as part of the TexNet Seismic Monitoring Network. (Bureau of Economic Geology/University of Texas at Austin. ) At a Glance Dallas-Fort Worth is the most populated region in Texas. More than 200 earthquakes have been recorded in North Texas since 2008.Researchers plan to release more detailed maps next year. Researchers have mapped more than 250 potentially earthquake-causing underground fault lines stretching across 1,800 miles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in North...