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Emergency officials study Dallas-Fort Worth area’s growing quake risk

Dallas Morning News

April 24, 2015

The U.S. Geological Survey reported Thursday that North Texas’ risk of damaging earthquakes has more than tripled since 2008, the year the region first began experiencing more frequent ground-shaking.

The Dallas-Fort Worth area’s earthquake risk is now on par with parts of Oklahoma and California, Mark Petersen, chief of the agency’s National Seismic Hazard Project in Golden, Colo., said in an interview.

Dallas’ Office of Emergency Management said it would continue to strengthen the city’s preparedness for earthquakes. READ MORE

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