The highest intensity registered for the 3.9 quake was Level IV in Bexar County.
By Lauren Kendrick in Back Page
People were awakened abruptly early Monday by a natural disaster experience infrequently in Texas - an earthquake.
The epicenter of the quake was in Falls City, about an hour's drive from San Antonio.
Dr. Arthur Troell, geology professor at this college, said earthquakes are not common on the Gulf Coast, but they have happened before.
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Louisiana, New Orleans brace against cresting of flooded Mississippi
Louisiana National Guard, hospitals and police are on high alert in case of more flooding.
By Martin Herrera in Back Page
Record rainfall in the past several weeks has produced flooding throughout several states in the Midwest. Flood-related deaths at the end of March had reached 17.
Teeming with all of the rainfall, the Mississippi River has swelled in its banks, reaching flood levels throughout its run to the Gulf of Mexico.
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