The search for victims of deadly flooding in Texas Hill Country is headed into its third week as officials try to pin down ...

While the Gulf is far less prone to tsunamis than the Pacific, experts say it’s not entirely out of the question.

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 ...

Earthquakes in this part of the state are actually common, but most of them are quite weak. The majority of earthquakes in West Texas are less than a magnitude 3.0.

Between 2018 and 2020, Texas recorded nine earthquakes above magnitude 4, almost all of them in the western half of the state. Last year, ...

Texas shakes with one of largest earthquakes in state history By Ariana Garcia , Assistant News Editor Sep 17, 2024 The 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck near Midland, Texas on Monday night.

Ten earthquakes had epicenters near El Paso, one of which caused the only known death by a Texas earthquake. In the Panhandle, the largest reported earthquakes have not exceeded magnitude 5.4.

In 2022, the Texas Tribune reported that there were 209 recorded earthquakes of 3.0-magnitude and higher in 2021. That was up from 98 similar earthquakes in 2020, 55 in 2019, 57 in 2018 and 26 in ...

In the wake of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattling near Midland Monday evening, Texas geology experts are giving further insight into some of the causes behind these quakes.

MIDLAND, Tex. (AP) — One of the strongest earthquakes in Texas history struck Friday evening in a western region of the state that's home to oil and fracking activity.There were no immediate ...