Three earthquakes that struck west Texas on Monday – including a magnitude 4.9 temblor – are all linked to local oil production. Three quakes were recorded Monday night in Scurry County, Texas. The ...

A "notable earthquake" rattled Texas early Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported, and experts believe the quake could have been triggered by oil companies. A 5.3 magnitude ...

DALLAS -- In recent weeks, North Texans felt the aftershock of several earthquakes originating near Hermleigh in Scurry County, about 250 miles west of downtown Dallas. The cause of these quakes has ...

Last year, over 200 earthquakes over the magnitude of 3 struck West Texas. Rising oil and gas production in the Delaware Basin region is thought to play a causal role. Investigators assessed 5,000 ...

Scurry County officials have declared a state of emergency after over 100 earthquakes shook West Texas over the past eight days. Last Friday, Scurry County Judge Dan Hicks issued a disaster ...

A series of more than 100 small earthquakes in Surrey in 2018 and 2019 might have been triggered by oil extraction from a nearby well, suggests a new study. A series of more than 100 small earthquakes ...

(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own) LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Underground disposal of waste water produced from oil and natural gas wells has been blamed for ...