Earthquakes do occur in Texas and in neighboring regions although they have not been a major danger to Texans historically. Our current understanding of seismicity in Texas derives largely from reports of earthquakes felt by people, rather than from quantitative measures of earthquake size and characteristics. Current monitoring cannot provide accurate estimates of potential damage or loss of life due to earthquakes. With the population of Texas expanding rapidly, the potential for injury to people and damage to structures increases proportionately, so Jay Pulliam and Cliff Frohlich, together with Harold Gurrola of Texas Tech University, are establishing a statewide network of digital broadband seismographic stations for real-time monitoring of earthquakes. Their effort will expand the small number of seismic stations currently operating in the state. This network, called TexSeis, will comprise thirteen stations distributed around the state. Data from the TexSeis network will be available to interested researchers, as well as the public, and will form the basis of a program called "Seismology in Schools."

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