The area is prone to earthquakes and Texas has recorded 17 tremors above a magnitude 5 since 1882, according to USGS. The strongest of these was a magnitude 8 shake in western Texas. The number ...

When you think of earthquakes in the U.S., Texas is probably not the first state that comes to mind. But data from the U.S.

Despite a recent spate of thunderstorms in West Texas, much of the region remains in drought. The entirety of Midland County ...

In some areas, the ground could sink 6 feet in the moments after an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, researchers warned.