EARTHQUAKES · MIDLAND AREA · TX2021PVSN
Magnitude 2.7 14 km NNW of Midland, Texas
Saturday, August 14, 2021, 3:14:28 AM Central · 2021-08-14 08:14:28 UTC
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 14 km NNW of Midland, Texas on August 14, 2021 at 3:14 AM Central, 6.8 km deep, in the Midland County area.
It is one of 146 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 6 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 0.9 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 165,999 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
20 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 39,720 barrels a day in September 2026.
- M2.7
- ML, reviewed
- 6.8
- km deep · 22,225 ft
- 6
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 146
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 1,111
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.1158, -102.1536
- County area
- Midland County
- On a map
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2021, 4:25 AM | 2.8 | 1.6 km | 7.8 km |
| Aug 8, 2021, 8:20 AM | 2.0 | 0.3 km | 7.2 km |
| Aug 5, 2021, 1:30 AM | 2.7 | 5 km | 9.5 km |
| Aug 4, 2021, 8:37 PM | 2.0 | 5.3 km | 9.0 km |
| Aug 4, 2021, 12:00 AM | 2.7 | 5.1 km | 9.8 km |
| Aug 28, 2021, 10:29 AM | 2.2 | 0.6 km | 10.2 km |
| Sep 3, 2021, 1:22 AM | 2.4 | 4.6 km | 8.2 km |
| Jul 22, 2021, 7:54 PM | 2.8 | 5.6 km | 8.8 km |
| Sep 6, 2021, 10:05 PM | 3.7 | 1.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Sep 7, 2021, 3:19 AM | 2.3 | 5.1 km | 9.5 km |
| Sep 8, 2021, 4:10 AM | 2.6 | 1.5 km | 6.9 km |
| Jul 20, 2021, 1:40 AM | 2.1 | 1.5 km | 7.8 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. 20 of these report daily to TexNet: 39.7K bbl/d in Sep 2026.
Disposal in Midland County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021pvsn 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/tx2021pvsn, documented in the API reference.