The tremors from a minor earthquake that shook northern Mexico late Sunday evening were felt as far as the Rio Grande Valley. A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck about six miles east of the town of Montemorelos in Nuevo Leon,

Two earthquakes took place within a mile of each other over the weekend in West Texas. On Saturday, a magnitude-5.4 earthquake struck an area located about 37 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, at 7:47 p.

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake hit parts of New Mexico and remote West Texas on Saturday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The seismic event began at 8.47 p.m. Central Time about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, the agency said.

The earthquake happened around 7:47 p.m. MT, nearly 35 miles west of Whites City, New Mexico, about 149 miles from El Paso.

Earthquakes in West Texas and southern New Mexico prompt questions about their link to oil and gas operations.

2025 has been quite a year so far with natural disasters, with wildfires and earthquakes among the most highly reported events. Most recently, an earthquake struck New Mexico on Saturday, May 3, during the evening hours, and those in West Texas felt the tremor.

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook the West Texas area just south of the New Mexico border, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The nearly 5-mile deep quake hit west of Pecos, about 35 miles south of Whites City, New Mexico, at 7:47 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, according to the USGS.

A significant earthquake shook the sparse desert landscape of West Texas on Saturday evening, marking the largest in a concerning

In 2022, the RRC established the Northern Culberson-Reeves Seismic Response Area to address wastewater-injection-induced seismicity in the region. While it has sent inspectors in response to earthquakes in the past, the RRC told the Reporter-Telegram that it won’t do so this time.

CULBERSON COUNTY, Texas — A large earthquake shook West Texas Saturday night, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The earthquake was located about 35 miles south of Whites City, NM., in Culberson County. USGS reported that it was a 5.3 magnitude earthquake and almost four miles in depth.

Nearly one week after a magnitude 5.4 earthquake shook the Borderland, experts are revealing what may have caused it.