Is Fracking Causing All These Earthquakes?
Why has the earth in Texas been shaking recently? After a 2.4 magnitude earthquake rocked Keene on Tuesday, StateImpact Texas delved into that question and found that fracking is the likely culprit....
View ArticleShaken and Stirred
The point of the January 13 town hall meeting was to organize the locals. And since the locale was a smallish town in Texas—Azle, population roughly 11,000, just far enough from Fort Worth that it...
View ArticleOn Shaky Ground
Before 2008 the residents of Dallas–Fort Worth had rarely felt the ground shake. There had been a couple of tremors over the years, but for the most part, the area was seismically stable. That is,...
View ArticleDallas And Houston Top The List Of The Best Cities For Evacuating From A...
Usually on this here Internet, if your city tops a listicle it’s usually a fun little tribute to the tacos they serve, or maybe a good party anecdote about where millennials have the best chance of...
View ArticleEarthquakes Return to North Texas
This summer two earthquakes shook North Texas within just weeks of each other. The U.S. Geological Society (USGS) recorded temblors in the Irving area of magnitudes 3.1 and 2.7, on August 27 and...
View ArticleA New Study Offers Further Proof That North Texas Earthquakes Are Drilling-...
In January 2015, there were a dozen little earthquakes in the Dallas–Fort Worth area in less than 48 hours. They weren’t the first, or the last, that would strike the region, either. Prior to 2008,...
View ArticleThis Week in Texas Energy: Strongest Evidence Yet Links Wastewater Injection...
Little Earthquakes There’s nothing new about clear scientific evidence linking fluid-injection practices to earthquakes across Texas, but a study published this week adds to the pile of proof...
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