Residents were caught off guard Friday evening by another magnitude-5.5 quake centered near the town of Midland.
Nearly a month after a magnitude-5.4 earthquake rocked parts of the Lone Star State, residents were again caught off guard Friday evening by another magnitude-5.5 quake centered near the town of Midland.
Seismologists said small earthquakes are not uncommon in Texas, but larger events are rare. Many of the quakes are linked to oil fracking and the reinjection of fluids underground. November’s 5.4-magnitude, which occurred about 100 miles away from the epicenter of Friday’s quake, caused the The earthquake was felt from New Mexico to deep in the heart of Texas.Seismologists said it was still too early to determine whether the most recent quake is linked to wastewater injection. Still, researchers will be working around the clock to determine the cause.
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