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EARTHQUAKES · CLAY COUNTY

Earthquakes in the Clay County area

TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 186 located permits, padded 0.1°. Events carry no county, so this is an area, and border clusters show up in more than one. The county's disposal wells →

TexNet located 73 M2+ earthquakes in the Clay County area in the last twelve months, 22% fewer than the year before, 6 of them M3 or more.

The largest on record here was M5.1 on July 26, 2024, 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas.

203 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 96,861 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 5.2 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.

73
M2+ events, last 12 months -22%
6
M3+ events, last 12 months
168
M2+ events, last 2 years
M5.1
largest on record, Jul 26, 2024

M2+ events, by month

LAST FIVE YEARS

Last 12 months 74 · prior 12 93(-20%)

05010020222023202420252026M5.1

M2–2.9M3+month with an M4+ event; M5+ labelled, hover for the rest

By magnitude

M2+ events in the last two years, in half-magnitude steps. Each step up is about 32 times the energy.

  • M2.0–2.4114
  • M2.5–2.939
  • M3.0–3.411
  • M3.5–3.91
  • M4.0–4.42

By year

YearM2+M3+Largest
2026503M4.3
2025959M4.3
202422626M5.1
202318323M4.7
2022459M3.8
2021635M3.6
202042M3.5
2019102M4.0
2018153M3.3
201770M2.8

RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily

Disposal in the same county

203
active injection wells
96.9K
bbl/d permitted
5.2M
bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025

All of Clay County's disposal wells and volumes →

Recent events

M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL

WhenMagWhereDepth
Oct 31, 2026, 11:42 AM2.012 km WSW of Rotan, Texas6.7 km
Sep 29, 2026, 1:27 PM2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas5.7 km
Aug 17, 2026, 1:17 PM2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas7.2 km
Aug 3, 2026, 12:31 PM2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas9.4 km
Jul 19, 2026, 6:58 AM2.96 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas7.8 km
Jun 16, 2026, 12:43 AM2.017 km N of Snyder, Texas8.2 km
Jun 9, 2026, 10:45 PM2.65 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas7.8 km
Jun 5, 2026, 10:07 PM2.016 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas7.1 km
Jun 5, 2026, 10:00 PM2.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas7.8 km
Jun 5, 2026, 9:45 PM2.816 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas6.1 km
Jun 1, 2026, 6:10 AM2.618 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas9.0 km
May 31, 2026, 9:10 PM2.15 km SW of Westbrook, Texas7.9 km
May 29, 2026, 12:03 PM2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas6.9 km
May 25, 2026, 6:23 AM2.115 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas8.9 km
May 6, 2026, 4:48 PM2.36 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas7.9 km
May 3, 2026, 8:49 AM2.015 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas6.9 km
Apr 28, 2026, 6:43 PM2.227 km S of Westbrook, Texas8.4 km
Apr 24, 2026, 1:51 PM2.116 km WSW of Rotan, Texas6.5 km
Apr 21, 2026, 1:08 PM2.225 km S of Westbrook, Texas8.7 km
Apr 20, 2026, 12:35 PM3.326 km S of Westbrook, Texas6.9 km
Apr 20, 2026, 12:34 PM2.327 km S of Westbrook, Texas8.7 km
Apr 7, 2026, 6:41 AM2.026 km S of Westbrook, Texas6.9 km
Apr 6, 2026, 10:51 PM2.07 km NNE of Westbrook, Texas6.8 km
Apr 4, 2026, 8:58 AM2.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas7.5 km
Mar 29, 2026, 12:27 AM2.917 km N of Snyder, Texas6.8 km

About this data

TexNet catalog events inside 31.91–34.14°N, 97.89–101.12°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.

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