The epicenter of Sunday’s earthquake was at least 200 miles distant. El Paso residents posted footage of the streets trembling during the earthquake.
More than 1,500 individuals reported feeling the effects of the earthquakes, but no deaths or damage have been recorded as of yet. Few individuals said they felt the tremors on Monday.
According to a Michigan Tech University evaluation, humans usually do not experience earthquakes of a magnitude of 2.5 or below.
Although they only inflict modest harm, those between 2.5 and 5.4 are often felt. Since all of the seismic activity in the last 24 hours has occurred.
In West Texas, it seems probable that fracking operations were the cause. According to Peter Hennings, research professor.
At The University of Texas’s Bureau of Economic Geology, “the practice of deep injection of oil field wastewater, known as saltwater disposal, has the strongest tie to the increase.