In fact, it's thought that Oklahoma experiences more human-induced earthquakes than any other state. However, to date, the largest fracking-related earthquake occurred in nearby Texas. This was a ...

After comparing central U.S. earthquakes with tremors in geologically similar parts of the world—and noting that induced quakes, so far, tended to rupture either smaller faults or smaller ...

Using questionnaires created to determine whether a particular earthquake is natural or induced by human activity, a panel of experts concluded that the November 2022 magnitude 5.2 Peace River ...

Rash of earthquakes blamed on oil production, including a magnitude 4.9 in Texas Until Monday’s earthquake, the largest earthquake known to have been induced by enhanced oil recovery was a ...

Using questionnaires created to determine whether a particular earthquake is natural or induced by human activity, a panel of experts concluded that the November 2022 magnitude 5.2 Peace River ...

Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.

Texas Earthquake Induced Man-made Seismologist UTEP Wastewater Borderland EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — It was a shaky start to the day in the Borderland, with a rare earthquake reported in west Texas.

The majority of induced earthquakes in Texas are caused by wastewater disposal from oil and gas drilling, while others are caused by fracking and a process called secondary recovery, Rubinstein ...

West Texas has a long history of earthquakes induced by oil and gas operations dating to at least the 1970s, according to Robert Skoumal, a research geophysicist with the USGS.