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Officials in Scurry County in west Texas declared a state of emergency after more than 100 earthquakes rocked the area.
The 5.0-magnitude earthquake happened at around 9:30 a.m. in Scurry County, about 200 miles west of Fort Worth. It's a few miles away from the 4.9-magnitude earthquake that also rattled West Texas ...
West Texas has a long history of earthquakes induced by oil and gas operations dating to at least the 1970s, according to Robert Skoumal, a research geophysicist with the USGS. Skoumal said ...
SCURRY COUNTY, Texas — West Texas has seen 90 earthquakes just in the last seven days. It's been one week since the first 4.9 magnitude earthquake occurred, starting a swarm of earthquakes.
Another earthquake in West Texas could be felt roughly 70 miles away. The 3.5 Magnitude earthquake is the latest in a series shaking the state.
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck a remote area outside the West Texas city of Midland Friday afternoon. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred about 5:35 p.m. and was centered about ...
That’s about eight miles below the surface. People living in different parts of Texas, including as far as Austin, reportedly felt the effects of that initial magnitude 5.3 earthquake.
It marks the third-largest earthquake in Texas history. The strongest occurred in August 1931 when a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit the town of Valentine in west Texas.
(Bloomberg) -- West Texas was hit by its largest earthquake on record on Wednesday, rattling parts of the Permian Basin in a reminder of the seismic impact of fracking. The 5.3-magnitude ...
The vast majority of Texas earthquakes do not do any damage, but whenever the magnitude approaches or exceeds 5.0, minor damage is possible, such as cracks in a home’s ceiling, walls or foundation.
MENTONE, Texas — A strong earthquake that struck a remote area of the West Texas desert caused damage in San Antonio, hundreds of miles from the epicenter, officials said.
MENTONE — A strong earthquake shook a sparsely populated patch of desert in West Texas on Thursday, causing tremors felt as far away as the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez. The earthquake ...