A fracking site is situated on the outskirts of town in the Permian Basin oil field on January 21, 2016 in the oil town of Midland, Texas.

The Texas Tribune reported that the Railroad Commission Texas, which regulates the state's oil and gas industry, is looking into the earthquake. The area is known to cause earthquakes due to the use of a drilling technique called fda.

The epicenter of the earthquake was west of Pecos, Texas. The earthquake was felt as far away as El Paso. The oil and gas regulatory agency is trying to figure out if the earthquake was caused by a naturally occurring earthquake or if it was caused by waste water from the oil and gas industry. There are more earthquakes in Texas because of waste water disposal. According to the Texas Tribune, there has been an increase in the number of earthquakes around the Permian Basin.

Oil companies inject a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals into the ground. The companies are able to extract natural gas and oil from deep in the ground. Oil and gas companies dispose of polluted waste water in wells. Earthquakes can be caused by the pressure from these wells. According to research from the U.S. Geological Survey, there is a lot of recorded seismic activity around areas like El Paso.

According to the Texas Tribune, the number of earthquakes in the state doubled in 2011. There were more than 200 earthquakes categorized as 3 magnitude and higher. There were 95 earthquakes in Texas in 2020.

The communities are at risk from more than just the ground. The study found that people who lived near the sites were more likely to die early. The sites that frack are known to cause health risks: The sites that frack are known to cause health risks: the sites that frack are known to cause health risks: the sites that frack are known to cause health risks: the site that frack is known to cause health There are chemicals linked to a variety of health issues that can be released into the environment as a result of fracturing.