The quake was the third largest in Texas history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An increase in seismic activity in Texas has been linked to injecting fracking wastewater underground.
Houston (AFP) - "You get used to it. The walls shake," says Sam, a resident of Midland, a town in west Texas where hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas
"You get used to it. The walls shake," says Sam, a resident of Midland, a town in west Texas where hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas known as "fracking" is causing more and more earthquakes.
You get used to it. The walls shake, says Sam, a resident of Midland, a town in west Texas where hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas known as fracking is causing more and more earthquakes. Then another tremor comes a second later, like a truck passing nearby, said the 44-year-old, who d ..
The Permian Basin, where 40% of US oil and 15% of natural gas are mined, saw nine earthquakes with intensity higher than three magnitudes in 2019, 51 in 2020, and 176 in 2021.