A light, 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Texas on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor ...

A list of major earthquakes near Texas with M5 or greater has been cataloged ... a Facebook video showed what looks like a fault line in the ground nearby. These pipeline failures, and the ...

One of the state’s strongest earthquakes to date rattled West Texas late Friday evening ... said a release from one of its natural gas lines caused the fire Friday evening in Reeves County ...

Texas has experienced four earthquakes in less than 12 hours ... West Texas is not home to a single major fault line, but contains several faults. That includes the Permian Basin fault zone ...

Updated information from the USGS shows a 4.8M quake with a depth of about four miles occurred at 1:33 p.m. in Martin County.

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck West Texas on Friday, February 28, according to the United States Geological Service.

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each plate, called fault stress. When this stress builds enough to ...

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.

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 ...

CARLSBAD, N.M. — A 4.6-magnitude earthquake sent ripples that could be felt Tuesday morning in New Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS reported the epicenter is about 30 ...