El Paso & Fort Bliss, Texas just missed the top 10 with an earthquake index rating of 1.01 for each city. Which Texas city is most likely to feel an earthquake?Īccording to the Texas earthquake index, every city in the Lone Star State is given a number the higher the number, the likely the city is to be hit by an earthquake. While most of them are fairly weak, we've had at least 17 of a magnitude of 5 or greater starting since 1882 the strongest being in Valentine, Texas that experienced a 6.0 earthquake in 1931. While we may not get as many earthquakes as those on the West Coast (like California, Oregon or Washington), Texas has been getting plenty of them since the 1800s.
Texas has a long history with earthquakes
