Recent earthquakes in Culberson County, Texas, highlight seismic risks linked to wastewater injection into existing fault ...

Valentine is no where near East Texas, but as a bonus entry, this is the site of the strongest earthquake with an epicenter ...

Two large earthquakes that hit the Permian basin, the top U.S. oilfield, this week have rattled the Texas oil industry and ...

A 5.0, 3.8 and two 2.6 magnitude earthquakes were reported on Friday, Feb. 14, in Toyah, Texas, which is in Reeves County in ...

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Still, only four earthquakes of a magnitude of 4.5 or higher have ever been recorded in the eastern half of Texas. One of those earthquakes was in 2012 in Shelby County, close to the border with ...

But signs of an uptick in fracking-induced earthquakes are also apparent in the Texas oil patch. Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage. Last July, 60 tremors in one week ...

But signs of an uptick in fracking-induced earthquakes are also apparent in the Texas oil patch. Last July, 60 tremors in one week — ranging from small to significant — shook the area around ...

map shows. Wednesday's quake is the third strongest earthquake in South Texas history behind a 4.8 quake in 2011, and a 4.7 quake in February 2024 that also hit near Falls City. No damage has ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported in South Texas on Wednesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered in far northern Karnes County, about 12 miles east ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rocked southern Texas Wednesday night, striking nearly 45 miles southwest of the city of San Antonio. The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the seismic event at 9 ...

-USA TODAY Network trending reporter Alexis Simmerman contributed to this report.