Money Approved for Texas Earthquake Study

June 23, 2015

Researchers will begin moving quickly to study what may be making the earth move in North Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott approved $4.5 million to pay for a comprehensive earthquake study.

The money was included in a supplemental appropriations bill signed by Abbott over the weekend. It includes $2.47 million to buy 22 permanent seismograph stations and 36 portable stations as well as $2 million to analyze the data from any earthquake that exceeds magnitude-2.0.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 22, 2015

WFAA, June 22, 2015

The Dallas Morning News, June 22, 2015

The Houston Chronicle, June 23, 2015

Featuring: Scott Tinker, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, The Jackson School of Geosciences