January 25, 2015
East Texas Has Minor Earthquake
- Home
- / Headlines List
- / Article
TIMPSON, Texas - - A minor earthquake has occurred near the small East Texas town of Timpson.
The U.S. Geological Survey said on its website that the 2.8-magnitude earthquake struck Friday about 3 miles from Timpson, a town of about 1,000 people located about 70 miles southeast of Tyler.
The group's website said the earthquake occurred at 1:38 p.m.
No damage has been reported.
Join the Conversation!
To comment, the following rules must be followed:
- No Obscenity, Profanity, Vulgarity, Racism or Violent Descriptions
- No Negative Community Comparisons
- No Fighting, Name-calling, Trolling or Personal Attacks
- Multiple Accounts are Not Allowed
- Stay on Story Topic
Comments may be monitored for inappropriate content, but the station is under no legal obligation to do so.
If you believe a comment violates the above rules, please use the Flagging Tool to alert a Moderator.
Flagging does not guarantee removal.
Multiple violations may result in account suspension.
Decisions to suspend or unsuspend accounts are made by Station Moderators.
Questions may be sent to comments@kbtx.com.
Please provide detailed information.
