WEST TEXAS – A 4.9-magnitude earthquake rocked West Texas Monday night, with aftershocks felt as far north as Amarillo and as far south as Austin.

The 5.0 magnitude earthquake is tied for the sixth strongest in state history. Scientists have warned for years that increased fracking in West Texas is causing higher earthquake activity.

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook a rural area of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico Saturday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the earthquake occurred at 7:47 p.m. local time ...

Chevron today announced a donation of $250,000 to three community partners, Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, ...

Scientists are warning that a 100-foot, Doomsday-style tsunami is primed to hit the US West Coast at any moment. Yet ...

The Trump administration has reduced the staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and scaled back the amount of aid ...

The earthquake was centered west of downtown Redding, north of Eureka Way. A 6 a.m. update from the geological survey placed ...

Two major climate disasters of 2025 — the Texas flooding that killed more than 100 people and the L.A. wildfires in January ...

NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the ...

More than 300 earthquakes have erupted at Washington's Mount Rainier this week, the largest earthquake swarm at the volcano ...

While earthquakes do occur on occasion in Florida, what you felt last night wasn't an earthquake, at least according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The number and size of Texas quakes increased dramatically around 2010 when well injection became the common disposal method.