EARTHQUAKES · MIDLAND AREA · TX2021WLMN
Magnitude 3.5 15 km NNW of Midland, Texas
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 2:36:47 AM Central · 2021-11-16 08:36:47 UTC
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake 15 km NNW of Midland, Texas on November 16, 2021 at 2:36 AM Central, 7.2 km deep, in the Midland County area.
It is one of 148 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 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 Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 165,999 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
21 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 45,527 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.5
- ML, reviewed
- 7.2
- km deep · 23,670 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 148
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 1,106
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.1194, -102.1578
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2021, 9:25 PM | 2.7 | 0.5 km | 6.7 km |
| Nov 11, 2021, 5:08 AM | 2.7 | 0 km | 7.7 km |
| Nov 28, 2021, 10:46 PM | 2.4 | 1.7 km | 6.5 km |
| Dec 15, 2021, 9:30 AM | 3.1 | 9.5 km | 8.9 km |
| Dec 15, 2021, 4:21 PM | 3.6 | 9.8 km | 9.8 km |
| Dec 15, 2021, 10:33 PM | 3.7 | 9.8 km | 10.3 km |
| Dec 16, 2021, 4:01 AM | 3.3 | 9.9 km | 10.5 km |
| Oct 1, 2021, 5:42 PM | 2.5 | 5.7 km | 9.0 km |
| Oct 1, 2021, 5:38 PM | 2.7 | 6.1 km | 8.1 km |
| Sep 25, 2021, 1:17 AM | 2.9 | 0.6 km | 8.4 km |
| Sep 20, 2021, 5:14 PM | 2.5 | 5.4 km | 9.5 km |
| Sep 19, 2021, 4:54 PM | 2.2 | 5.6 km | 8.6 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. 21 of these report daily to TexNet: 45.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Midland County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021wlmn 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/tx2021wlmn, documented in the API reference.