“In this instance, there are practically too many smoking guns.” The 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Valentine in Jeff Davis County.
On August 16, 1931, was the biggest recorded earthquake in Texas. According to newspapers, tremors were felt as far south.
As San Antonio, as far east as Taylor, and just north of Austin. That day, the region was rocked by a startling seven earthquakes, some of which lasted up to 72 seconds.
Early in the morning and continuing until the early afternoon, the sequence of earthquakes began. This past February, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 struck West Texas,
Close to the boundary between Culberson and Reeves counties. Approximately 950,000 individuals experienced mild shaking, according to the USGS.
