Mag 5.3 earthquake - 39 km WSW of Mentone, Texas

[Astronuc]

M 5.3 - 39 km WSW of Mentone, Texas​

• 2022-11-16 21:32:44 (UTC)
• 31.634°N 104.005°W
• 8.3 km depth - relatively shallow

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2022wmmd/executive

Some 90 km (56 mi) SSE of Carlsbad, New Mexico - in an unpopulated area of the Llano Estacado (Staked Plain)

Some low mag aftershocks in the area, strongest was 4.1 mag
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2022wmog/executive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llano_Estacado

 

[FactChecker]

Years ago, there was a swarm of earthquakes in southern-central Oklahoma that was strongly correlated to fracking. Are they doing a lot of fracking in that area?

 

[Astronuc]

Years ago, there was a swarm of earthquakes in southern-central Oklahoma that was strongly correlated to fracking. Are they doing a lot of fracking in that area?

Possibly. That area is on the western side of the Permian Basin, an area of oil and gas development/production. Similarly, up in Alberta, there was a series of unusual earthquakes in a natural gas (methane) field.