Earthquakes have been recorded in almost every part of the state, but there are clusters where they are more common, particularly in West Texas. The region has the most fault zones in the state ...

A light, 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Texas on Friday ... Aftershocks are typically minor adjustments along the portion of a fault that slipped at the time of the initial earthquake.

Dr. Savvaidis and his team have been closely studying the fault systems underlying ... powerful economic force in Texas and ...

USGS notes that the latest earthquake in South Texas took place right along the gulf-margin normal faults. The faults are large cracks in the Earth's crust that form along the edge of the Gulf ...

A list of major earthquakes near Texas with M5 or greater has been cataloged ... The wastewater builds up pressure which finds its way into a fault or pattern of faults and this can cause a ...

An earthquake shook parts of West Texas Friday afternoon with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was recorded about 16 miles southwest ...

Whether or not there is a fault ... earthquakes, said Katie Smye, principal investigator at the Bureau of Economic Geology’s Center for Injection and Seismicity Research at the University of ...

One of the state’s strongest earthquakes to date rattled West Texas late Friday evening. Four minutes later, dispatchers in Reeves County received a call about a pipeline explosion not far from ...

Another earthquake rattled West Texas, this one a 4.8 magnitude near Midland. The quake happened at 12:33 MT/1:33 CT, on Friday, Feb. 28, about 16 miles southwest of Ackerly, Texas, according to ...

Dr. Savvaidis and his team have been closely studying the fault ... in Texas and beyond. Some policymakers argue that prioritizing energy production should take precedence, even as earthquake ...