AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the wake of a magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattling near Midland Monday evening, Texas geology experts are giving further insight into some of the causes behind these quakes.

An earthquake shook parts of West Texas Friday afternoon with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was recorded about 16 miles southwest of ...

ACKERLY, Texas — Two earthquakes occurred in Ackerly, Texas Friday, northeast of Midland, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). At 1:33 p.m., a 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit ...

The quake happened at 12:33 MT/1:33 CT, on Friday, Feb. 28, about 16 miles southwest of Ackerly, Texas, according to the United States Geological Survey. Several areas around Midland reported ...

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck West Texas on Friday ... The quake's epicenter is just north of Midland, and the USGS Shake Map shows that tremors were stretched north past Lubbock, east ...

A light, 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck in Texas on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey ... to update the shake-severity map. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake ...

An earthquake shook parts of West Texas ... States Geological Survey. The earthquake was recorded about 16 miles southwest of Ackerly, which is roughly 60 miles northwest of Midland and 320 ...

Texas Friday, which is northeast of Midland, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS). At 1:33 p.m., the 4.8 magnitude earthquake hit Ackerly. USGS said it was 4.2 miles in depth.