An area of Texas could be set to receive more earthquakes as seismic activity moves along a newly activated fault zone. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin looked at seven years ...

Wastewater injection could trigger earthquakes along a Texas fault system, UT researchers find by: Alyssa Goard. Posted: Jul 30, 2019 / 02:18 PM CDT. Updated: Jul 30, 2019 / 07:56 PM CDT.

The town that experienced a 4-magnitude earthquake in May 2015 — the strongest quake ever recorded in North Texas — sits on a fault with the potential to produce an event 10 times larger ...

While West Texas has several fault lines, ... The strongest earthquake reported in Texas was the 6.0 magnitude quake with an epicenter in Valentine in Jeff Davis County on August 16, 1931.

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

A group of fault lines sit underground near Van Horn, Texas, dating up to 1.6 million years old, according to a map published by the USGS.

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake shook western Texas early Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, one of a growing number of quakes to shake the state as oil and gas drilling increases.

Since 2008, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and a handful of other states have experienced unprecedented surges of earthquakes. Oklahoma’s rate increased from one or two per year to more than 800.

Seismologists have connected wastewater disposal to earthquake activity in Texas, and SMU's research marks an effort to better predict where these earthquakes may hit and how strong they might be.

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 ...