MIDLAND, Texas -- One local said it sounded like a pickup truck had rammed into the side of their house. Another said it sounded like the air conditioner fell off the roof. A third compared the ...

Toxic wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a ...

An oil field truck leaves a trail of dust as it moves along County Road 300 just north of Mentone, Texas, July 25, 2012. automation A rare earthquake stronger than magnitude 5.0 on the Richter Scale ...

MENTONE, Texas (KTRK) -- Another earthquake shook parts of far west Texas overnight. A 3.2 magnitude quake was detected just before midnight near Mentone in Loving County. There have been no damage ...

MENTONE, Texas -- A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Mentone, Texas, at around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said. The earthquake had a depth of about 4.9 miles, and its ...

An earthquake shook the Midland area yesterday, rattling as far as the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as the fifth-strongest earthquake in Texas history. Here's what we know: A rare 5.1-magnitude earthquake ...

A just-released University of Texas/SMU study has found that humans (specifically oil and gas industry activity) have been causing earthquakes in Texas since at least the 1920s. Some of this seismic ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake was reported in Texas on Friday (August 22), according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered at a depth of 8.7 kilometers (about 5.7 miles).

SHELBY COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - On Thursday night, a second earthquake was reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The quake’s magnitude was 2.6, and a depth of 5 km, or about 3.1 miles.

SHELBY COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - The USGS is reporting a third earthquake, this one the strongest, in the past 24 hours in Deep East Texas. A magnitude 3.2 was recorded 3.5 miles west-southwest of Huxley ...

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit parts of New Mexico and remote West Texas on Saturday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The seismic event began at 8.47 p.m. Central Time about 35 miles ...