In the Azle region, which is where fracking is practiced. According to geophysicist Matthew Hornbach of Southern Methodist University,
The drilling and injection had a stronger correlation with the quakes’ time and position than any other potential cause.
USGS seismologist Susan Hough, who was not on the research team, said that there seems to be little question over the conclusion that the earthquakes were really generated.
“In this instance, there are practically too many smoking guns.” The 6.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Valentine in Jeff Davis County.
On August 16, 1931, was the biggest recorded earthquake in Texas. According to newspapers, tremors were felt as far south.
As San Antonio, as far east as Taylor, and just north of Austin. That day, the region was rocked by a startling seven earthquakes, some of which lasted up to 72 seconds.
Early in the morning and continuing until the early afternoon, the sequence of earthquakes began. This past February, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 struck West Texas,
Close to the boundary between Culberson and Reeves counties. Approximately 950,000 individuals experienced mild shaking, according to the USGS.
