Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude earthquake in West Texas, the largest in three decades

Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude earthquake in West Texas, the largest in three decades

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By Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune, and Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News

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Inspectors for the Texas Railroad Commission are investigating a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that was recorded west of Pecos near the border of Reeves and Culberson counties on Wednesday, the agency said. The earthquake, confirmed by the U.S. Geological Survey, was the largest recorded in the state since 1995 and the third-largest ...

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