North Texas rocked by 4.0 earthquake Thursday

The USGS is confirming a magnitude 4.0 earthquake rattled North Texas.

As Disposal Wells Age, The Risk of Stronger Quakes Grows

AUSTIN – There’s already a general scientific consensus that the disposal wells used to store waste deep underground from drilling and hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) can cause earthquakes. But researchers are going into a little more detail about the relationship between quakes and wells at this week’s meeting of the American Geophysical Union.