Earthquakes in West Texas and southern New Mexico prompt questions about their link to oil and gas operations.

Getty Images/iStockphoto A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook the West Texas area just south of the New Mexico border, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The nearly 5-mile deep quake hit west of Pecos, ...

However, no damages or injuries have been reported following Friday's earthquakes. While West Texas has several fault lines, the earthquakes were likely caused by induced seismicity—earthquakes ...

Fracking is not usually the direct cause of an earthquake, but the process of disposing wastewater produced through fracking that can trigger tremors. A 2022 study by the University of Texas at ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 just struck West Texas. It could become the strongest earthquake in the Lone Star State since 1931. Twenty minutes later, the 6.5 Magnitude ...

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A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off Mexico's coast of Jalisco, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (ESMC) said ...

The tremors from a minor earthquake that shook northern Mexico late Sunday evening were felt as far as the Rio Grande Valley. A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck about six miles east of the town of ...

The tremors from a minor earthquake that shook northern Mexico late Sunday evening were felt as far as the Rio Grande Valley. A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck about six miles east of the town of ...

RECEIVING OR TRANSFERRING A STOLEN VEHICLE. RECENT EARTHQUAKE IN WEST TEXAS FELT ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT SEISMIC ACTIVITY IN OUR STATE. SO ACCORDING TO THE U.S ...

Most recently, an earthquake struck New Mexico on Saturday, May 3, during the evening hours, and those in West Texas felt the tremor. Since the magnitude of the May 3 tremor was a 5.4, the quake ...

El Pasoans might have felt some shaking from an earthquake. A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook El Paso, Texas, late Saturday, May 3, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred ...