Toxic wastewater is spreading across America’s biggest oil field, posing a pressing threat to a basin that has grown into a ...

MIDLAND, Texas -- One local said it sounded like a pickup truck had rammed into the side of their house. Another said it sounded like the air conditioner fell off the roof. A third compared the ...

Inspectors for the Texas Railroad Commission are investigating a 5.4-magnitude earthquake that was recorded west of Pecos near the border of Reeves and Culberson counties on Wednesday, the agency said ...

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported in South Texas on Wednesday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was centered in far northern Karnes County, about 12 miles ...

An earthquake shook the Midland area yesterday, rattling as far as the Dallas-Fort Worth area, as the fifth-strongest earthquake in Texas history. Here's what we know: A rare 5.1-magnitude earthquake ...

An oil field truck leaves a trail of dust as it moves along County Road 300 just north of Mentone, Texas, July 25, 2012. automation A rare earthquake stronger than magnitude 5.0 on the Richter Scale ...

MENTONE, Texas -- A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck near Mentone, Texas, at around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said. The earthquake had a depth of about 4.9 miles, and its ...

A just-released University of Texas/SMU study has found that humans (specifically oil and gas industry activity) have been causing earthquakes in Texas since at least the 1920s. Some of this seismic ...

Nathan Brown, UT Arlington assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences, and Ph.D. student Ayush Joshi traveled to ...