Quake shakes South Texas ...

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A shallow, moderate earthquake struck southern Texas (TX) on Thursday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). It was the strongest earthquakes to hit the U.S. state in 45 years.

The 4.8 magnitude quake, upgraded from 4.6mb, occured at 07:25 AM local time (13:25 PM GMT) and was recorded at an extremely shallow depth of 3km (1.9 miles). It struck below Fashing, but was felt as far as Corpus Christi, San Antonio and Austin.

The epicentre of the quake was located 22 km (14 miles) NW (321°) from Pawnee, TX; 23 km (14 miles) SSW (213°) from Falls City, TX; 26 km (16 miles) WSW (249°) from Karnes City, TX; 60 km (37 miles) NW of Beeville, TX; 76 km (47 miles) SSE (154°) from San Antonio, TX; 92 km (57 miles) E of Pearsall, TX; 166 km (103 miles) SSW of AUSTIN, TX; and 463 km (288 miles) SSW (197°) from Dallas, TX.

The last time Texas experienced a tremor similar in intensity to Thursday’s quake was on July 20, 1966. The magnitude 4.8 earthquake was centred in the Panhandle, near Borger and Amarillo.

The most recent earthquake to strike the region hit on 25 April, 2010. The 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded 56 km west of Corpus Christi.

Search ends after burglars tires shot out.

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An all-night search ended in arrests Saturday after a Liberty County man shot out the tires of a truck carrying burglars, an official said.

The two men and one woman from the Huffman community loaded items from an outbuilding at the man's property off of FM 1010 into their truck Friday and were attempting to flee when the land owner shot at them, said Rex Evans, spokesman for the Liberty County Sheriff's Office.

The trio of trespassers fled into a wooded area, setting off a search late Friday with tracking dogs from the Texas Department of Corrections.

Around dawn on Saturday, another person unrelated to the property owner found the three trespassing at a deer camp and held them until sheriff's deputies arrived, Evans said.

It was not clear if that person held the three at gunpoint, he said.

Sheriff's deputies detained Charles Roberts, Eddie Roberts and Ambra Collins and were holding the trio at Liberty County Jail on Sunday for the offense of burglary of a building.

None of them was injured during the incident.

The land owner was not charged with a crime, Evans said.

Body found in the bayou ...

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A body was found floating in a bayou in northwest Houston on Saturday, and authorities have identified it as a missing man.

The discovery was made Saturday afternoon near West Gulf Bank Rd. at North Houston Rosslyn Rd.

Police said the body was that of a 40-year-old Latino man. Authorities have not released his name, but some of his family members were at the scene.

He was found face-down in the bayou after being missing for three days.

According to officials, the man was known to frequent the area and fished in the bayou, but he had no fishing equipment with him.

There were some injuries to the body, but his cause of death is unknown at this time.

Please stay with Eyewitness News and abc13.com for more information as it becomes available.

Arrest made in fatal NW Houston shooting

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A suspect has been arrested for the fatal shooting of a man who was visiting friends at a northwest Houston apartment complex last month.

Marquis Hill, 21, is charged with murder in the 180th State District Court. He is accused in the killing of Colby Ivan McCardle, 21, in an incident at 906 Greens Road shortly after 7pm on September 22.

Police say McCardle was in an apartment complex parking lot at the above address talking with friends. The group was approached by an unknown black male suspect and words were exchanged. At some point, the suspect pulled a gun from his waistband and began firing. McCardle was struck in the arm and chest. His friends drove McCardle to the hospital.

McCardle suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was transported to Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

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