Yesterday, a magnitude 3.3 Earthquake struck the Central Texas town of Nixon (smack dab between between San Antonio and Victoria). And then earlier today, a tsunami warning was issued for Hawai i after an 8.0 earthquake was registered off the New Zealand coast, according to the USGS.
The Texas quake, for the most part, saw no major damage or injuries reported. As someone who happens to be new to the Amarillo area, I started wondering.
Can the same thing happen here? Does Amarillo get earthquakes? Are we sitting on some major tectonic boundary ready to rupture at any moment, spelling our doom?
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