Four days later, a second earthquake in the area reached magnitude 4.7. Last month’s quake reached a magnitude of 5.4 — tied for the largest of its kind in Texas history.

El Pasoans might've felt some shaking from an earthquake. A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook western Texas late Friday, Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Texas’ strongest earthquake in history struck around 5:40 a.m. on Aug. 16, 1931. The magnitude 5.8 earthquake was centered about 7.5 miles southwest of Valentine, a small community in Presidio ...

Four days later, a second earthquake in the area reached magnitude 4.7. Last month's quake reached a magnitude of 5.4 – tied for the largest of its kind in Texas history.

We are reminded of the earthquakes that killed thousands in Turkey in 2023 and Haiti in 2021, tornadoes that ripped through Kentucky and Missouri in May, wildfires in the Texas Panhandle in 2024 ...

Earthquakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude are “often felt, but only cause minor damage.” Approximately 500,000 earthquakes in that range take place each year, MTU said.

Texas is awash in billions of gallons of produced water, the wastewater brought to the surface in oil and gas drilling and fracking. Most produced water is injected into disposal wells.

Severe storm risk in Central Texas Central Texas, including San Antonio and areas east, are in a Level 2 of 5 risk for isolated to scattered severe storms through Wednesday evening.

For most Texans, the answer couldn’t be simpler: Texas is Texas. "One thing’s for certain though, Texas is not in the Midwest," one user wrote, while another replied, "It's the wild wild West." ...

A moderately strong, 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Iran on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 9:19 p.m. Iran time about 22 miles southwest of ...