Striking on April 13, 1995, the 1995 Marathon earthquake was recorded at
moment magnitude
The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with or Mw, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment. It was defined in a 1979 pape ...
of 5.7. It rattled buildings near the epicenter.
Geography
The earthquake struck western Texas with
magnitude
Magnitude may refer to:
Mathematics
*Euclidean vector, a quantity defined by both its magnitude and its direction
*Magnitude (mathematics), the relative size of an object
*Norm (mathematics), a term for the size or length of a vector
*Order of ...
5.7 force. It was the 3rd largest earthquake in the United States in 1995.
The epicenter was probably in
Alpine
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Places Europe
* Alps, a European mountain range
** Alpine states, which overlap with the European range
Australia
* Alpine, New South Wales, a Northern Village
* Alpine National Pa ...
.
Damage and casualties
Not a particularly damaging earthquake, the event caused two direct injuries. Both were slight.
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See also
* List of earthquakes in 1995
* List of earthquakes in the United States
* List of earthquakes in Texas
Earthquakes intense enough to be perceptible occur annually in the U.S. state of Texas. The regions within the state with the greatest seismic hazard include West Texas, the Texas Panhandle, North Texas, and South Central Texas. Among these areas, ...
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