EARTHQUAKES · MIDLAND AREA · TX2021ITOD

Magnitude 2.4 15 km NNW of Midland, Texas

Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 8:00:10 AM Central · 2021-05-05 13:00:10 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 15 km NNW of Midland, Texas on May 5, 2021 at 8:00 AM Central, 6.2 km deep, in the Midland County area.

It is one of 150 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 8 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.2.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.3 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 168,999 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

22 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 40,329 barrels a day in September 2026.

M2.4: ML, reviewed
6.2: km deep · 20,460 ft
8: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
150: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,132: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.1194, -102.1643
County area: Midland 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
May 6, 2021, 6:09 PM	2.0	3.1 km	6.3 km
May 1, 2021, 9:16 PM	2.0	0.5 km	6.0 km
May 8, 2021, 10:22 PM	2.2	0.9 km	7.7 km
Apr 30, 2021, 9:14 PM	2.0	0.8 km	6.5 km
Apr 30, 2021, 5:15 AM	3.2	2.4 km	7.0 km
May 12, 2021, 6:00 PM	2.1	0.3 km	6.6 km
May 14, 2021, 1:51 PM	2.3	0.3 km	7.0 km
Apr 19, 2021, 4:12 AM	2.4	0.4 km	7.2 km
May 21, 2021, 3:52 PM	2.8	0.9 km	7.1 km
Apr 16, 2021, 11:34 PM	2.4	0.2 km	7.2 km
Apr 16, 2021, 3:16 AM	2.2	0.3 km	7.3 km
May 29, 2021, 10:25 PM	2.3	6.5 km	8.9 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.2 on Dec 16, 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. 22 of these report daily to TexNet: 40.3K bbl/d in Sep 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Kirby #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000119159	0.3 km	24,999	4,460–5,620
South Curtis Ranch #2130WD	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000109530	1.6 km	10,000	4,650–5,400
South Curtis Ranch #2817I	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000116305	1.7 km	5,000	9,295–9,777
South Curtis Ranch #2818I	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000115394	2.1 km	5,000	9,199–9,761
South Curtis Ranch #2819I	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000115395	2.3 km	5,000	9,198–9,773
Johnson Ranch #16SW	COG Operating LLC	000116559	2.4 km	24,000	4,899–5,629
South Curtis Ranch #2820I	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000115396	2.6 km	5,000	9,193–9,760
Dirt Devil #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000119160	2.7 km	20,000	4,153–5,750
South Curtis Ranch #2221I	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000115083	3.3 km	5,000	9,700–15,940
South Curtis Ranch #2223I	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000116303	3.8 km	5,000	8,999–9,709
South Curtis Ranch #2224I	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000116304	3.9 km	5,000	9,098–9,765
Northwest Midland SWD #1WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000113218	4.1 km	20,000	4,550–7,020
South Curtis Ranch #1416D	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000103766	4.2 km	10,000	4,700–5,600
Cross Bar Ranch #1901SW	COG Operating LLC	000110055	4.3 km	15,000	4,770–6,300
South Curtis Ranch #404	Occidental Permian Ltd.	000108021	4.3 km	10,000	4,750–6,100

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About this data

Event tx2021itod 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.

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