The quake could be felt more than 100 miles away and occurred in a region known for fracking activity.
. People felt the earthquake as far as Amarillo, more than 200 miles away, the AP reported.
On November 16, a 5.4 magnitude quake hit just west of Pecos, Texas. It was the largest earthquake in the state since 1995. The Railroad Commission of Texas, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, launched an investigation as to whether the seismic activity in November was connected to fracking, theDuring fracking, oil and gas companies inject a mixture of water, chemicals, and sand into Earth’s crust.
Friday’s earthquake has not been directly linked to fracking in West Texas, but the total number of earthquakes in the area has
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