Seismograph is going crazy like a coffee percolator under West Texas Oil Field

After a 5.3 magnitude earthquake rocked West Texas on Wednesday, Nov. 16, a dozen more smaller earthquakes followed, the U.S. Geological Survey reports. The initial quake, as reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, occurred Wednesday afternoon in a remote area northeast of Pecos, Texas. The 5.3 magnitude tremor was the largest in the area since at least 2017, the Star-Telegram reported. A slew of aftershocks — all concentrated in the same area just south of the New Mexico border — followed the initial quake, according to the USGS. They occurred over an eight-hour span.

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