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

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 ...

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The area is prone to earthquakes and Texas has recorded 17 tremors above a magnitude 5 since 1882, according to USGS. The strongest of these was a magnitude 8 shake in western Texas. The number of ...

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook a rural area of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the earthquake occurred at 7:47 p.m. local time ...

Folks in West Texas and New Mexico may have felt the earth shake Saturday night. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook much of West Texas and New Mexico late Saturday, May 3, according to the U.S ...

Texas, late Saturday, May 3, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake occurred around 7:47 p.m. MT, nearly 35 miles west of Whites City, New Mexico, which is about 149 miles from El ...

Texas, (in Dawson County) at 2:58 a.m., and a magnitude-3.4 earthquake at 9:34 p.m. in an area about 25 miles west of Mentone, Texas, in Loving County. Elizabeth did her first fellowship year as ...

Data shows West Texas felt a 5.3 magnitude quake on Saturday evening. Trump pulls surgeon general nominee Janette Nesheiwat after questions about her medical education How US Massive Submarine ...

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 ...