West, Texas and Earthquake
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The tremors from a minor earthquake that shook northern Mexico late Sunday evening were felt as far as the Rio Grande Valley. A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck about six miles east of the town of Montemorelos in Nuevo Leon,
Getty Images/iStockphoto A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook the West Texas area just south of the New Mexico border, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The nearly 5-mile deep quake hit west of Pecos, about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico ...
El Paso felt the shaking from a 5.3 magnitude earthquake on Saturday night, part of a swarm of earthquakes that rocked the area near the Texas-New Mexico border.
Earthquakes in West Texas and southern New Mexico prompt questions about their link to oil and gas operations.
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Midland Reporter-Telegram on MSNRailroad Commission not sending inspectors to 5.4 quake siteIn 2022, the RRC established the Northern Culberson-Reeves Seismic Response Area to address wastewater-injection-induced seismicity in the region. While it has sent inspectors in response to earthquakes in the past, the RRC told the Reporter-Telegram that it won’t do so this time.
2025 has been quite a year so far with natural disasters, with wildfires and earthquakes among the most highly reported events. Most recently, an earthquake struck New Mexico on Saturday, May 3, during the evening hours, and those in West Texas felt the tremor.
A significant earthquake shook the sparse desert landscape of West Texas on Saturday evening, marking the largest in a concerning
The earthquake happened around 7:47 p.m. MT, nearly 35 miles west of Whites City, New Mexico, about 149 miles from El Paso.
CULBERSON COUNTY, Texas — A large earthquake shook West Texas Saturday night, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was located about 35 miles south of Whites City, NM., in Culberson County. USGS reported that it was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake and almost four miles in depth.
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Texas Hit by Back-to-Back Earthquakes – Scientists Warn of More to ComeA swarm of earthquakes rattled West Texas, with three tremors striking in just three hours, the strongest reaching a magnitude of 3.6. These quakes followed a powerful 5.4 magnitude earthquake on Sunday night,