Standing in his living room, Richard Kabzems brandishes a thick binder stuffed with letters and notes of his two-year fight ...

Texans from as far north as Austin and Round Rock reported feeling the ground shake after an 4.5 magnitude earthquake occurred Wednesday night. The quake originated from an area near Falls City, a ...

Fracking uses water, sand and chemicals, blasted under super high pressure into rock formations, to release oil and natural ...

Texas’ strongest earthquake in history struck around 5: ... The region has the most fault zones in the state and is also known for fracking, a process in which liquid is injected into the ground ...

According to Newsweek, the 4.5 magnitude earthquake stuck just before 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday night. The center of the ...

The region has become important to oil production in Texas, and fracking is common there. According to the USGS, fracking does cause small earthquakes, but the vast majority are microquakes and ...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake rattled San Antonio Wednesday night, according to the United Geological Survey. The quake is the ...

The earthquake was centered in far northern ... The region has become important to oil production in Texas, and fracking is common there. FRACKING WORRIES: Wastewater is leaking from Texas oil ...

Fracking is not usually the direct cause ... According to Justin Rubinstein, a USGS research geophysicist, Texas earthquakes are 'almost 99 percent likely' to be linked to local oil fields.

Still, only four earthquakes of a magnitude of 4.5 or higher have ever been recorded in the eastern half of Texas. One of those earthquakes was in 2012 in Shelby County, close to the border with ...