EARTHQUAKES · MAVERICK AREA · TX2021EAFT
Magnitude 3.0 6 km WNW of El Indio, Texas
Friday, February 26, 2021, 7:01:50 PM Central · 2021-02-27 01:01:50 UTC
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 6 km WNW of El Indio, Texas on February 26, 2021 at 7:01 PM Central, 9.4 km deep, in the Maverick County area.
It is one of 9 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.4.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km.
- M3.0
- ML, reviewed
- 9.4
- km deep · 30,964 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 9
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 0
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 6
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.5310, -100.3730
- County area
- Maverick County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021, 3:14 AM | 2.5 | 0.8 km | 10.5 km |
| May 30, 2021, 3:15 AM | 2.4 | 9.5 km | 5.7 km |
| Jun 17, 2021, 10:10 PM | 3.1 | 7.1 km | 2.1 km |
| Aug 18, 2021, 3:29 AM | 2.6 | 4.6 km | 8.4 km |
| Aug 30, 2021, 1:20 AM | 2.0 | 9.2 km | 3.0 km |
| Oct 30, 2021, 7:46 PM | 3.1 | 9.5 km | 3.7 km |
| Jan 3, 2022, 11:58 PM | 2.3 | 9.9 km | 3.1 km |
| Feb 20, 2022, 1:13 PM | 3.4 | 8.2 km | 3.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.4 on Feb 20, 2022.
Injection wells within 10 km
RRC UIC MASTER · ACTIVE PERMITS
Proximity is not attribution. The wells are listed because the question is always asked; whether any of them is connected to this event is for the RRC's seismic response review, not this page.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km of the epicenter.
Disposal in Maverick County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021eaft from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by TexNet (UT Bureau of Economic Geology) and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2021eaft, documented in the API reference.