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 ...

The investigators at How to Survive examine why the next major U.S. earthquake could be more devastating than any before.

El Pasoans might've felt some shaking from an earthquake. A 5.0 magnitude earthquake shook western Texas late Friday, Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Geological Survey .

West Texas was hit by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake this past February, near the border of Culberson and Reeves counties. The USGS reported about 950,000 people felt weak to light shaking.

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

The United States Geological Survey has confirmed a weekend earthquake near the South Carolina-Georgia state line.

Two slow-motion earthquakes took several weeks to travel 20 miles along the fault. Each happened in places where geologic ...