Descending 160 feet below the surface, the narrow walkway goes through a crack in the earth formed 15 million years ago by the Balcones Fault. Visitors can stand on the dividing line with one foot ...

along with other rocks in the fault, is effective at funneling and filtering water into the Edwards Aquifer, a water source for millions of people in Central Texas. The uplift of the Balcones ...

Canyon Lake Gorge, outside of New Braunfels, opens a wide crevice along the Balcones Fault, exposing layers of an ancient seabed. Unlike most gorges, this gash in the earth's surface was created ...

One of the greatest challenges these projects will face is one that’s laid dormant for millions of years, the Balcones Fault Zone. “Any kind of tunneling operation through here is going to ...

On Tuesday, there was a 2.8-magnitude quake in what used to be the Texas Stadium parking lot, located on the Balcones Fault not far from Trinity East’s gas well on Tom Braniff Drive. More than ...

Central Texas happens to have one major fault line running through it. The Balcones Fault starts near Del Rio, runs along I-35, and curves towards Dallas. In fact, this fault formed Mount Bonnell.

The S-shape curved geologic boundary stretched from Dallas, swooped down through Austin and to Del Rio and would later form the Balcones Fault system around 14 million years ago. Its effects are ...

A tectonic map shows West Texas has the most fault zones in the state. A major fault line is the Balcones Fault.

San Antonio straddles the Balcones Fault, a limestone escarpment that rises out over the agrarian flats of south Texas. It is here, near the campus of Trinity University, the Sunken Garden Theater ...

That includes the Permian Basin fault zone and the Balcones Fault Zone, making the region more prone to earthquakes. However, seismic activity in the region is primarily caused by human activity ...

AUSTIN, Texas — With the recent string of earthquakes being reported in Puerto Rico this week, KVUE viewer Cindy asked if fault lines in Central Texas could be active soon. In short: no. But ...