Earthquakes in the Ector County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 1,469 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 20 M2+ earthquakes in the Ector County area in the last twelve months, 5% more than the year before, 1 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M3.7 on December 16, 2021, 14 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas.
3,022 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 8.9 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 262 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
21 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 35,249 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 20
- M2+ events, last 12 months +5%
- 1
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 38
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.7
- largest on record, Dec 16, 2021
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 30 · prior 12 24(+25%)
M2–2.9M3+
By magnitude
M2+ events in the last two years, in half-magnitude steps. Each step up is about 32 times the energy.
- M2.0–2.427
- M2.5–2.910
- M3.0–3.41
- M3.5–3.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 1 | M3.5 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1 | M3.1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | M2.8 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1 | M3.5 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4 | M3.2 |
| 2021 | 44 | 11 | M3.7 |
| 2020 | 32 | 8 | M3.3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | M2.9 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | M2.8 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 3,022
- active injection wells
- 8.87M
- bbl/d permitted
- 262M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 35.2K
- bbl/d, 21 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026, 10:12 AM | 2.0 | 29 km NW of Goldsmith, Texas | 7.6 km |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 AM | 2.4 | 18 km NW of Midland, Texas | 8.3 km |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 AM | 2.5 | 19 km NW of Midland, Texas | 4.1 km |
| Aug 29, 2026, 6:06 AM | 2.6 | 19 km NE of Gardendale, Texas | 7.6 km |
| Aug 28, 2026, 3:31 PM | 2.6 | 18 km NE of Gardendale, Texas | 7.6 km |
| Aug 18, 2026, 3:26 PM | 2.5 | 10 km NNE of Odessa, Texas | 10.6 km |
| Jul 28, 2026, 12:32 AM | 2.1 | 17 km NW of Midland, Texas | 7.3 km |
| Jul 28, 2026, 12:32 AM | 2.0 | 17 km NW of Midland, Texas | 4.7 km |
| Jul 27, 2026, 6:23 PM | 3.5 | 16 km SSW of Goldsmith, Texas | 9.9 km |
| Jul 27, 2026, 4:42 PM | 2.3 | 12 km W of Midland, Texas | 5.6 km |
| Jul 2, 2026, 3:49 PM | 2.4 | 8 km SE of Gardendale, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Jun 14, 2026, 12:23 AM | 2.0 | 16 km NE of Gardendale, Texas | 8.9 km |
| Jun 9, 2026, 5:48 AM | 2.6 | 20 km NW of Midland, Texas | 6.7 km |
| Jun 8, 2026, 12:21 PM | 2.4 | 7 km SE of Gardendale, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Mar 6, 2026, 8:03 AM | 2.1 | 19 km NW of Midland, Texas | 6.5 km |
| Mar 5, 2026, 4:43 AM | 2.4 | 19 km NE of Gardendale, Texas | 6.1 km |
| Mar 3, 2026, 4:52 AM | 2.6 | 19 km NW of Midland, Texas | 5.9 km |
| Feb 17, 2026, 7:02 PM | 2.3 | 17 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Feb 17, 2026, 1:46 AM | 2.5 | 5 km NW of Odessa, Texas | 6.2 km |
| Jan 24, 2026, 2:33 PM | 2.3 | 6 km NW of Odessa, Texas | 4.7 km |
| Aug 7, 2025, 6:09 PM | 2.1 | 18 km NW of Midland, Texas | 7.7 km |
| Aug 6, 2025, 2:23 PM | 2.6 | 19 km NW of Midland, Texas | 7.1 km |
| Aug 1, 2025, 1:32 AM | 2.4 | 19 km NW of Midland, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Jul 28, 2025, 8:16 PM | 2.6 | 8 km SE of Gardendale, Texas | 8.2 km |
| Jul 21, 2025, 6:42 AM | 2.4 | 15 km NW of Midland, Texas | 8.4 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 31.55–32.19°N, 102.19–102.90°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
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