A "notable earthquake" rattled Texas early Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported, and experts believe the quake could have been triggered by oil companies. A 5.3 magnitude ...

Three earthquakes that struck west Texas on Monday – including a magnitude 4.9 temblor – are all linked to local oil production. Three quakes were recorded Monday night in Scurry County, Texas. The ...

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas. A large 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit West Texas on Friday, July 26, 2024. The U.S.

Scurry County officials have declared a state of emergency after over 100 earthquakes shook West Texas over the past eight days. Last Friday, Scurry County Judge Dan Hicks issued a disaster ...

Earthquakes continued to rumble the Permian Basin in West Texas and southeast New Mexico in late 2023, leading regulators on both sides of the state line to act. The Texas Railroad Commission ...

SAN ANTONIO (WOAI/KABB) — Another earthquake hit Friday morning in Texas. A 3.5-magnitude earthquake struck before 9:30 a.m. just under two miles west of Falls City, Texas. That makes 14 earthquakes ...

A series of more than 100 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil extraction from a nearby well, suggests a new study. A series of more than 100 small earthquakes ...