Important Takeaways:
- US state is rocked by more than SIXTY earthquakes with up to 5.1 magnitude in a week
- A single county has reported more than 60 earthquakes in the last week, sparking a State of Emergency to be declared.
- Scurry County in West Texas was hit by a 5.1-magnitude quake on Friday, which was felt as far north as Oklahoma, followed by a 4.5-magnitude the next day.
- The epicenter in Hermleigh has now experienced 62 seismic events since last Monday (July 23)
- No damages or injuries have been reported.
- The largest quake was felt about 80 miles away in Lubbock and across parts of the South Plains.
- West Texas is not located on a major fault line, but features 250 minor ones that extents outward 1,800 miles from the Dallas-Fort Worth area
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