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AUSTIN (KXAN) — When you think of earthquakes in the U.S., Texas is probably not the first state that comes to mind. But data from the U.S. Geological Survey shows more than 3,600 earthquakes ...

This story is part of the KXAN Data Hub, where numbers help tell the whole story. AUSTIN (KXAN) — When you think of earthquakes in the U.S., Texas is probably not the first state that comes to mind.