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Seismologists Say A Fault Is At Fault For Irving Earthquakes
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – Scientists are discovering what is to blame for the recent earthquakes in Irving. Many believed that the former Texas Stadium implosion or...
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USGS Confirms Earthquake In Irving
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) – The USGS has confirmed a 3.1 magnitude earthquake struck in Irving at 6:18 a.m. Friday morning. The USGS pinpoints the epicenter to be just...
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Study: More People Could Survive A Tsunami If They Walk Faster
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — About 5,500 more people could survive a major tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest if they just walk a little faster to higher ground after roads are knocked out, a new study...
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Study Links Texas Quakes To Gas Drilling
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150421123212970AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) – With real-time monitors, scientists have linked a swarm of small earthquakes...
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Residents Say They Knew Azle Quakes Were Caused By Natural Gas Drilling
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150421191736977AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AZLE (CBS 11 NEWS) – Tia Moen didn’t need Southern Methodist University experts to tell her what...
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Report: Man-Made Earthquakes Shake Over A Dozen Areas In US
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a dozen areas in the United States have been shaken in recent years by small earthquakes triggered by oil and gas drilling, a government report released Thursday found....
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4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Just North Of Venus
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey have confirmed an earthquake north-northwest of Venus. The quake is one of the strongest to...
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Residents In Venus Still Rattled After 4.0 Earthquake
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter VENUS (CBSDFW.COM) – Nerves are still rattled after a magnitude 4.0 earthquake shook Venus, a city just south of Arlington. On Friday, residents there said they...
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Denton Rallies Against Overturn Of Anti-Fracking Bill
http://media.dallas.cbslocal.com/CBSDAL_20150531192447930AA.mp4 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DENTON (CBSDFW.COM) — Denton residents rallied on the lawn of city hall today amid the passage of...
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New Monitoring Program To Add More Seismic Sensors In Texas
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a bill that will fund the deployment of additional sensors to study the location and source of earthquakes....
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Multi-Agency Earthquake Experts Plan For Potential Trembler Damage
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Did you feel it? Another earthquake rattled Irving and Dallas Monday morning. Ironically, it happened on the same day that local, state...
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Texas Regulator Clears Oil & Gas Company Of Causing Earthquakes
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – A state inquiry has found that an oil and gas company’s disposal well operations likely did not cause a series of North Texas earthquakes. Examiners...
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Railroad Commission Of Texas: Wastewater Disposal Well Not Causing Earthquakes
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – A second wastewater disposal well is not “likely contributing” to hundreds of earthquakes near Azle and Reno, according to a preliminary...
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RRC Says Weak Link Between Wells & Quakes
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – Two wastewater wells connected to a swarm of earthquakes in Tarrant County and Parker County will not have any changes to their permits....
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Strong Earthquake Rattles Area Near Oklahoma City Tuesday
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter EDMOND, Okla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — It seems as if earthquakes in North Texas have become commonplace. For months, tremors have rattled areas near the city of Irving...
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3 Quakes Of Magnitude 4.0 Or More Hit Northwest Oklahoma
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FAIRVIEW, Okla. (AP) — Three earthquakes capable of causing moderate damage have been recorded in northwestern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a...
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New Study Underway To Examine Texas Earthquake Increase
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – A program to study the recent increase in earthquakes in Texas is getting underway with management hirings and the deployment of new...
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Texas Oil & Gas Regulators Keep Close Ties To Industry
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) – The cozy relationship between state oil and gas regulators and the industry they monitor is typified by a revolving door of officials who leave the...
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Earthquake Risk Increases, Especially In Oklahoma
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal scientists say the chance of damaging earthquakes hitting east of the Rockies has increased significantly, much of it a man-made...
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Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake Shakes California Desert Area
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A moderate earthquake hit the Palm Springs area early Friday and was felt across parts of Southern California, but there...
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3.5-Magnitude Earthquake Reported Near Oklahoma City
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter LUTHER, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma City metropolitan area was rattled by an earthquake early Tuesday morning, but there are no reports of damage or injuries. The...
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Northern Oklahoma Rocked By 4.3 Magnitude Earthquake
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WAKITA, Okla. (AP) — Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey say a 4.3-magnitude earthquake struck extreme northern Oklahoma late Monday and was widely felt...
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Quake Near Oklahoma Oil Hub Prompts Infrastructure Concerns
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CUSHING, Okla. (AP) — A magnitude 5.0 earthquake centered near one of the world’s key oil hubs brought down building facades and shattered windows in a central...
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Top Texas Official Says Injection Wells Can Cause Quakes
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AUSTIN (AP) — A top Texas official says it’s “possible” oil and gas wastewater being injected deep underground can cause earthquakes. The statement by Texas...
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Residents File Lawsuit Over November Earthquake In Oklahoma
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CUSHING, Okla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Five companies are being sued over a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in a central city in Oklahoma. The lawsuit filed Monday by David and...
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OK Oil & Gas Company Wants Waste Disposal Well Next To Lake Arlington
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter TARRANT COUNTY (CBS11 I-TEAM) – An Oklahoma company wants to drill a disposal well for oil and gas waste next to Lake Arlington in Tarrant County. The CBS11 I-Team...
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Magnitude 4.0 Quake, 2 Smaller Temblors Rattle Oklahoma
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter STROUD, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports a magnitude 4.0 earthquake and two smaller temblors have struck Oklahoma. The larger quake was recorded...
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Earthquake Confirmed Just South Of City Of Fort Worth
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The United States Geological Survey has confirmed that a Monday morning earthquake shook Tarrant County. According to the USGS the quake...
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Recent Earthquakes In Central Oklahoma Under Investigation
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Corporation Commission says its Induced Seismicity Department and the Oklahoma Geological Survey are investigating several earthquakes in the central part of the...
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Immigrants Touched By Mexico Quake, Try To Help From Afar
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Luis Ramirez finally reached his mother after the powerful Mexico earthquake, he learned her home was so badly damaged that it had to be demolished. He considered getting on a...
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Hurricanes, Earthquakes Estimated To Cost Industry $95B
GENEVA (AP) — Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as two recent earthquakes in Mexico likely cost the insurance industry about $95 billion, said Swiss Re, one of the world’s biggest reinsurers....
View ArticleOklahoma Orders Cut In Water Injection After Earthquakes
COVINGTON, OK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has directed a wastewater disposal well to reduce its volume of injection after more than a dozen earthquakes rattled part of...
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Lava Flowing From Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Destroys 26 Homes
Lava from a fissure slowly advances to the northeast on Hookapu Street after the eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on May 5, 2018. (Photo by U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images) PAHOA, Hawaii...
View ArticleMagnitude 4.4 Earthquake Shakes Southern California
LA VERNE, Calif. (AP) — A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rattled a wide area of Southern California on Tuesday night. But there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The temblor struck about 7:33...
View ArticleMagnitude 4.0 Earthquake Shakes Texas, Oklahoma Panhandles
AMARILLO (AP) — An earthquake has shaken parts of the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 4.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 8:04 a.m. Saturday about 9 miles...
View ArticleOklahoma Earthquake Prompts Shutdown Of Wastewater Well
BRIDGE CREEK, Okla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — State oil and gas regulators in Oklahoma have ordered the indefinite shutdown of a disposal well after an earthquake struck nearby. The 3.3 magnitude quake was...
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No Injuries After Weekend Earthquakes Rattle Parts Of Oklahoma
A series of earthquakes rattled parts of Oklahoma over the weekend.
View ArticleMagnitude 3.6 Earthquake In Oklahoma Felt In North Texas
FAIRMONT, Okla. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A tremor that happened just before midnight on Thursday in Oklahoma was felt in parts of North Texas. The U.S. Geological Survey reports two earthquakes, including one...
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2 Earthquakes Rattle West Texas; Largest Is Magnitude 5.0
Two earthquakes centered near the same remote area of West Texas have rattled the region.
View ArticleOil & Gas Fracking Giant Chesapeake Energy Files For Bankruptcy Protection
OKLAHOMA CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Chesapeake Energy, a global energy powerhouse known in North Texas for its pioneer drilling in the Barnett Shale, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Oklahoma...
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