Earthquake in Top Texas Oil Region Spurs Calls for New Fracking Rules

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Earthquake in Top Texas Oil Region Spurs Calls for New Fracking Rules
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake that struck West Texas this week adds pressure to the state's oil-and-gas regulators to impose stricter rules on frackers pumping wastewater underground

A powerful earthquake in West Texas is drawing fresh scrutiny to frackers’ water-management operations in the nation’s hottest petroleum-producing region.

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake, the fourth largest in Texas history, struck an oil-and-gas production hot spot in Reeves County on Wednesday afternoon, sending tremors that were felt as far as Dallas, El Paso and San Antonio, where it damaged a historical building. No injuries were reported.

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