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

Earthquakes have been recorded in almost every part of the state, but there are clusters where they are more common, particularly in West Texas. The region has the most fault zones in the state ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded in West Texas late Friday evening ... fluid pressures increase within faults, scientists say, which can lead to more seismic activity in oil fields.