A significant earthquake shook the sparse desert landscape of West Texas on Saturday evening, marking the largest in a concerning series of tremors that have unsettled the region since early April.

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Most recently, an earthquake struck New Mexico on Saturday, May 3, during the evening hours, and those in West Texas felt the tremor. Since the magnitude of the May 3 tremor was a 5.4, the quake ...

Fracking is not usually the direct cause of an earthquake, but the process of disposing wastewater produced through fracking that can trigger tremors. A 2022 study by the University of Texas at ...

Getty Images/iStockphoto A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook the West Texas area just south of the New Mexico border, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The nearly 5-mile deep quake hit west of ...

A defiant oilfield disposal company that continued to inject wastewater deep underground in an area of West Texas plagued by earthquakes has been ordered — again — to stop. This time ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 just struck West Texas. It could become the strongest earthquake in the Lone Star State since 1931. Twenty minutes later, the 6.5 Magnitude ...

RECEIVING OR TRANSFERRING A STOLEN VEHICLE. RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN WEST TEXAS FELT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN OUR STATE. SO ACCORDING TO THE U.S ...

CULBERSON COUNTY, Texas — A large earthquake shook West Texas Saturday night, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was located about 35 miles south of Whites ...

CULBERSON COUNTY, Texas — A large earthquake shook West Texas Saturday night, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was located about 35 miles south of Whites ...