A rare M5.0 earthquake struck northwestern Roberts County in the Texas Panhandle at 05:21 CDT (10:21 UTC) on July 23, 2026. This is the fourth earthquake at or above M5.0 in the Texas Panhandle since 2011. Nearly 91% of all known Panhandle earthquakes since 1907 were below that threshold.
A shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.4 struck Culberson County, Texas, near the New Mexico border, at 01:47 UTC on May 4, 2025 (20:47 LT on May 3). The agency reports a depth of 7.5 km (4.6 miles). The earthquake occurred in an area of intense oil and gas activity within the Permian Basin.
More than 100 earthquakes struck West Texas between July 22 to 29, 2024, prompting the declaration of a state of disaster. An earthquake swarm with at least 100 earthquakes hit West Texas from July 22 to 29. The sequence was initiated by M4.9 at 03:38 UTC on July 23 (22:38 LT). There have been 4…
A shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.3 hit near Mentone, western Texas at 10:27 UTC (04:27 LT) on November 8, 2023. The agency is reporting a depth of 7 km (4.3 miles). This is the fifth strongest earthquake in Texas on record.
A shallow earthquake, registered by the USGS as M5.3, hit western Texas at 21:32 UTC on November 16, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 8.3 km (5.1 miles). The quake was followed by a series of aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 2.6 to 4.1.
Virginia Tech geoscientists have found that shallow wastewater injections can drive widespread deep earthquake activity in oil and gas production fields. The team came up with the finding after studying the Delaware Basin in western Texas, one of the most productive…
Study by Beatrice Magnani, USGS and other SMU scientists shows recent seismicity in Fort Worth Basin occurred on faults not active for 300 million years. The study indicates reactivation of long-dormant faults as a consequence of waste fluid injection. Recent…
