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 ...

These numbers were similar to those of 2022 when Texas saw 2,601 earthquakes of at least a 2.0-magnitude. But they are also more than double the amount in seen 2020, ...

An array of pumpjacks operate near the site of a new oil and gas well being drilled Friday, April 8, 2022 in Midland, Texas. A large 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit West Texas on Friday, July 26, 2024.

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

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.

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.

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.

In fact, only six Texas earthquakes have ever been rated a magnitude 5.0 or higher by the USGS. Here is a list of them, and a look at where Wednesday’s earthquake ranks. Advertisement.

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 ...