As earthquakes rise in the Permian Basin, STEPS Network outlines seven preparedness tips, from securing your space to ...

A 3.3-magnitude earthquake, at a depth of 7.4 miles, was detected at 8:19 a.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was 37 miles south of Whites City near the Texas border, ...

Texas’ strongest earthquake in history struck around 5:40 a.m. on Aug. 16, 1931. The magnitude 5.8 earthquake was centered ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency reports a powerful earthquake has occurred off the northern Japanese coast. The earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7, struck off the coast of the ...

As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies.

A West Texas oil well blowout shot a 100-foot-high plume of poisoned water into the air last fall, prompting reforms at the ...

Scott McDonald is a Newsweek deputy night editor based in Cape Coral, Florida. His focus is assigning and writing stories ...

Kevin Crow, Tobin Heath, Heather O’Reilly, Tony Sanneh, Kari Seitz, and Chris Wondolowski have been selected as members of ...

California Republicans are challenging their state's voter-approved redistricting plan, adding to the ongoing court battle ...