This article is part of an occasional series on water and hydraulic fracturing by StateImpact Texas and the Texas Tribune. GONZALES, Tex. — In a dusty lot off the main highway in this South Texas town, Vern Sartin pointed to a collection of hose hookups and large storage tanks used for collecting wastewater from hydraulic fracturing jobs. […]
View Texas Earthquakes in a larger map If you live in the East Texas town of Timpson, or nearby, chances are you’ve had a shaky week. It all started last Friday, very early in the morning, when an earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck just north of town, causing minor damage. Then on Tuesday, […]
View East Texas Earthquake in a larger map A small 2.8 earthquake struck near Timpson, Texas, very early this morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It’s the second earthquake in less than a week in the area. On January 25, a 4.1 quake struck some two miles Northwest of town, around the same time of […]
View Texas Earthquakes in a larger map Update, Jan. 29: On January 29, very early in the morning, another quake struck Timpson, measuring 2.8, according to the USGS. Original story, Jan. 25: A magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck about two miles Northwest of Timpson,Texas at around 1:00 AM this morning, shaking doors open, knocking pictures off walls, […]
The Fracking boom in the Barnett Shale has brought earthquakes to Dallas-Fort Worth.
The US Geological Survey recorded a small 2.6 magnitude earthquake east of Burleson,Texas earlier tonight.
There’s already a general scientific consensus that the disposal wells used to store waste deep underground from drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) can cause earthquakes. But researchers are going into a little more detail about the relationship between quakes and wells at this week’s meeting of the American Geophysical Union. At a panel discussion Wednesday, three […]
Another earthquake has struck in an area that up until a few years ago had been seismically silent.
Ah, manmade earthquakes. Something that certainly seems feasible, but just not right. There’s been a spate of quakes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area over the last few years, scientifically linked by geologists to wells used for disposing of fracking fluids. The two latest quakes hit Dallas Saturday night, followed by a minor one Sunday evening. […]
If you live in the Barnett Shale around Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, you may have noticed the ground has become a bit shakier in the last few years.
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