As earthquakes increase in East Texas and Louisiana, scientists are investigating whether oil and gas operations in the Haynesville shale formation are to blame.

A cluster of small earthquakes shook the Coastal Bend on Wednesday, with most activity centered northwest of Corpus Christi, ...

An oil field truck leaves a trail of dust as it moves along County Road 300 just north of Mentone, Texas, July 25, 2012. automation A rare earthquake stronger than magnitude 5.0 on the Richter Scale ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A magnitude 3.0 earthquake hit Falls City Monday morning. (adventtr/Getty Images/iStockphoto) Some South Texans may have been ...

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FORT WORTH, TX (KTRK) -- The risk of an earthquake in the flatlands of North Texas may be rising, the chief of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Seismic Hazard Project says. After more than 120 ...

Another earthquake has shaken parts of Midland. The US Geological Survey reported that a 4.5-magnitude quake struck around 7:55 p.m. Monday night around 11.1 miles north of Stanton. It happened at a ...

Following a flurry of earthquakes in the western part of the state, the Texas oil and gas regulator has shut in two water disposal wells tied to oil and gas production in the area as precaution. More ...