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SNYDER, Texas — At 10:38 p.m. Monday, the ground began to rumble in West Texas. The real action was nearly five miles below the surface, where a 4.9-magnitude earthquake happened just west of ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rocked southern Texas Wednesday night, striking nearly 45 miles southwest of the city of San Antonio. The US Geological Survey (USGS) detected the seismic event at 9 ...
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded in West Texas late Friday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and could be felt by residents more than 150 miles away in El Paso. The ...
Texas was hit by a 5.1 earthquake on Monday evening. Pictured: Residents gather outside homes that were structurally damaged by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake on April 05, 2024, in Newark, New Jersey.
TEXAS, USA — This summer, Texas has registered over 1,000 earthquakes. A few of the stronger ones – Magnitude 4 and above – made headlines in late July.
West Texas was hit by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake this past February, near the border of Culberson and Reeves counties. The USGS reported about 950,000 people felt weak to light shaking.
Texas has experienced four earthquakes in less than 12 hours, the largest of which measured 4.6-magnitude Tuesday morning.. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) detected the latest tremor in ...
So many earthquakes have struck the west Texas county of Scurry in the past week – more than 100 at last count – local officials have declared a state of emergency.
West Texas gets its fair share of earthquakes, but the sheer magnitude of seismic activity and total number of events there late last month was staggering. Scurry County, which sits in the Permian ...
West Texas has had 103 earthquakes in 8 days, and experts say it's not natural. Could oil drilling be to blame? Railroad Commission is investigating.
Scurry County has a population of about 16,686. Not the first earthquake this week. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked West Texas Monday night sent aftershocks as far north as Amarillo and ...