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A rare strong earthquake struck near Midland, Texas, on Monday evening, triggering more than 1,000 reports of shaking, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. Magnitude-5.1 earthquake strikes near ...
The Railroad Commission of Texas, the governmental agency tasked with overseeing oil and gas production in the state, is investigating the 5.1-magnitude earthquake that rattled much of West Texas ...
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked West Texas Monday night, with tremors felt as far as Austin, DFW. Ties as fifth-strongest quake in state history.
The earthquake could be felt for hundreds of miles in all directions, USGS data show. 5.3-magnitude earthquake and aftershocks rattle West Texas, experts say. ‘Unsettling’
Most earthquakes in the state have been small or have produced minimal impacts. No earthquake-related fatalities have been reported in the state, though one earthquake in Texas caused a death in the neighboring Mexican state of Chihuahua in 1923. The earliest recorded earthquake in Texas occurred near Seguin and New Braunfels on February 13 ...
Its epicenter was near the town of Valentine, Texas; there, the earthquake caused damage to many homes and buildings. [6] The earthquake may have been caused by movement along oblique-slip faulting in West Texas, the most seismically active region in the state. Shaking from the earthquake was perceptible within a 400 mi (640 km) radius of the ...
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit western Texas on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck about 23 miles west-southwest of Mentone, Texas, around 4:27 a.m. local ...
There are also concerns that quakes may damage underground gas, oil, and water lines and wells that were not designed to withstand earthquakes. [ 127 ] [ 129 ] The 2011 Oklahoma earthquake , the second-largest earthquake in Oklahoma history at magnitude 5.7, has been linked by some researchers to decades-long injection of brine. [ 130 ]