EARTHQUAKES · LOVING AREA · TX2023VXAE
Magnitude 5.2 Coalson Draw, Texas
Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 4:27:49 AM Central · 2023-11-08 10:27:49 UTC
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake Coalson Draw, Texas on November 8, 2023 at 4:27 AM Central, 7.4 km deep, in the Loving County area.
It is one of 1,141 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 18 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 1.8 km away and operated by Waterbridge Stateline LLC; together they hold 400,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
15 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 108,531 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M5.2
- ML(TEXNE, reviewed
- 7.4
- km deep · 24,335 ft
- 18
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 1,141
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 14
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 370
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.6220, -103.9820
- County area
- Loving County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:30 AM | 3.2 | 1.5 km | 7.6 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:31 AM | 2.8 | 0.2 km | 7.1 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:32 AM | 2.0 | 4.3 km | 4.7 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:33 AM | 2.3 | 2.5 km | 5.7 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:35 AM | 2.6 | 1.3 km | 6.9 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:38 AM | 2.2 | 1.4 km | 4.4 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:39 AM | 2.8 | 1.8 km | 6.1 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:44 AM | 2.3 | 3.8 km | 4.8 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:45 AM | 2.5 | 1 km | 7.2 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:46 AM | 2.1 | 1.7 km | 6.0 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:53 AM | 2.1 | 1.7 km | 5.2 km |
| Nov 8, 2023, 4:56 AM | 2.1 | 1 km | 4.4 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. 15 of these report daily to TexNet: 109K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Loving County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2023vxae, 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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