Borehole sensors were placed to detect slow-motion seismic event “It’s like a ripple moving across the plate interface,” said ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...