When Texas Started Shaking More Than California In 2023, Texas and California were nearly tied for the number of magnitude 3 ...

Using questionnaires created to determine whether a particular earthquake is natural or induced by human activity, a panel of experts concluded that the November 2022 magnitude 5.2 Peace River ...

A deep earthquake in Chile surprised scientists by using heat to grow stronger far underground and cause serious surface ...

Earthquakes happen due to sudden movement of tectonic plates and stress release along fault lines beneath the Earth’s crust.

To date, our group has investigated multiple aspects on induced earthquakes and their impact on infrastructure. Aspects of this completed research include how much the seismic hazard has increased, ...

A rock sample is compressed in this apparatus. The sample is fitted with many sensors to detect acoustic emissions, i.e. micro-earthquakes. Man-made earthquakes, so called induced seismicity, have ...

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas. A large 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit West Texas on Friday, July 26, 2024. The U.S.

Damaging earthquakes that rocked West Texas in recent days were likely caused by oil and gas activity in an area that has weathered tremors for decades, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A ...