EARTHQUAKES · LOVING AREA · TX2022WMMJ

Magnitude 2.8 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas

Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 3:39:45 PM Central · 2022-11-16 21:39:45 UTC

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas on November 16, 2022 at 3:39 PM Central, 4.8 km deep, in the Loving County area.

It is one of 1,213 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 15 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.4.

14 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC; together they hold 370,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

18 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 149,331 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.8: ML, reviewed
4.8: km deep · 15,858 ft
15: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
1,213: M2+ within 10 km, all time
14: active injection wells within 10 km
368: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.6341, -103.9903
County area: Loving County
On a map: OpenStreetMap ↗
Catalog: TexNet earthquake catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

When	Mag	Distance	Depth
Nov 16, 2022, 3:40 PM	3.3	2.9 km	5.7 km
Nov 16, 2022, 3:36 PM	2.6	0.1 km	6.6 km
Nov 16, 2022, 3:44 PM	2.0	1.7 km	4.9 km
Nov 16, 2022, 3:46 PM	2.6	3.8 km	8.7 km
Nov 16, 2022, 3:32 PM	5.4	0.9 km	6.9 km
Nov 16, 2022, 3:47 PM	2.0	0.7 km	6.6 km
Nov 16, 2022, 3:52 PM	2.5	1 km	8.7 km
Nov 16, 2022, 3:53 PM	2.0	1.8 km	7.7 km
Nov 16, 2022, 3:57 PM	2.4	3.2 km	6.3 km
Nov 16, 2022, 4:01 PM	2.6	0.1 km	5.9 km
Nov 16, 2022, 4:05 PM	2.2	0.3 km	5.7 km
Nov 16, 2022, 4:16 PM	2.1	2.2 km	5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.4 on Nov 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. 18 of these report daily to TexNet: 149K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Tplt 57-43 #1D	Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC	000111440	2 km	20,000	3,000–4,525
Broken Spoke SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000113736	3 km	30,000	3,100–6,450
BHS 56-8 #1D	Waterbridge Stateline LLC	000108659	3.3 km	20,000	3,100–4,900
Liberator State SWD #1	1920 Engy, LLC	000114239	3.4 km	30,000	3,250–4,575
Hughes B #01SW	CR Field Services, LLC	000114457	4.4 km	25,000	4,015–5,193
Newsom 12 SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000113775	5.4 km	40,000	4,138–5,128
Salt Mine Two #1	Waterbridge Stateline LLC	000118343	6 km	20,000	3,650–5,650
Central 27 #1D	Waterbridge Stateline LLC	000119421	6.4 km	20,000	2,680–6,175
Pennybacker SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000114955	6.4 km	30,000	2,600–6,000
Ringtail SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000119482	7 km	30,000	3,200–6,150
Allman 25 SWD #1	EOG Res, Inc	000115299	7.6 km	25,000	4,000–4,800
Armadillo SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000124790	8.4 km	30,000	3,100–6,050
Bighorn SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000123436	8.7 km	10,000	3,100–6,050
Penner SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000116495	9.3 km	40,000	2,900–6,200

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About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2022wmmj, as published by the 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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