What is the highest death toll from a historical Texas earthquake?
Only one Texas earthquake ever took a human life, and this wasn’t in Texas. On 6 March 1923 an earthquake with magnitude of 4.7 occurred near El Paso and Juarez. Juan Ortiz, a Mexican tenant farmer who lived in Mexico six miles from Juarez, suffocated when his adobe house caved in during the quake. Q: What was the most damaging earthquake in Texas history? A: No Texas earthquake has caused much damage as compared to some earthquakes in other states or throughout the world. The most damaging was the 16 August 1931 earthquake in Valentine, Texas, where “all but frame houses were badly damaged, and all brick chimneys toppled over….The schoolhouse, consisting of one section built of cement blocks and another of brick….required practically complete rebuilding.” Texas Earthquakes Occurring Since 1990 DateMagnitudeNearby CityRemarks 1991 July 203.6Falls City 1992 January 24.5MidlandSlight damage 1992 August 102.8Jourdanton 1993 April 94.3FashingSlight damage, some aftershocks 1994 Septemb
