Two earthquakes detected near Mansfield may have rattled some North Texans on Wednesday.
Two earthquakes — observed just after 1 p.m. — had estimated magnitudes of 3.0 and 3.2 and people have reported feeling light shaking during the event, according to theCould fracking be causing earthquakes throughout the state? Curious Texas digs in.
More than 200 earthquakes have been reported in the region since then, ranging in magnitude from 1.6 to 4.0. Numerous earthquakes have been linked to the disposal of wastewater from oil and gas drilling.In December, a 2.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Northlake, a small town about 45 miles northwest of Dallas. In February 2023,Also in West Texas, a 5.4-magnitude earthquake rattled in 2022 near Midland. Jonathan Tytell, a geophysicist with the U.S.
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