An earthquake of 5.2 magnitude struck the United States' Western Texas region, at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.21 miles), said the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC). Earlier, the EMSC had measured the quake's magnitude at 6.

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck West Texas on Saturday night, part of a swarm of earthquakes to rock the area near the Texas border with New Mexico, the U.S.

The United States Geological Survey reported a 5.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Basin from Midland to El Paso Saturday evening. The earthquake struck about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico,