On Monday, three earthquakes struck west Texas in a sparsely populated area, the latest among dozens to hit the state in less than two weeks. The earthquakes included a magnitude 4.9 temblor that tied for the eighth-strongest earthquake in the state’s history. West Texas has now recorded over 100 earthquakes in the space of just nine days, a highly unusual phenomenon for a state that sits on a part of the country that’s not very seismically active. The Role of Oil and Gas Extraction Texas is famous in energy circles due to the…
