EARTHQUAKES · LOVING AREA · TX2023VXBD

Magnitude 2.1 38 km WSW of Mentone, Texas

Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 4:53:37 AM Central · 2023-11-08 10:53:37 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 38 km WSW of Mentone, Texas on November 8, 2023 at 4:53 AM Central, 5.2 km deep, in the Loving County area.

It is one of 1,225 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 44 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.4.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.9 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 400,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

18 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 135,731 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.1: ML(TEXNE, reviewed
5.2: km deep · 16,913 ft
44: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
1,225: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
344: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.6340, -103.9930
County area: Loving 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 8, 2023, 4:56 AM	2.1	1.1 km	4.4 km
Nov 8, 2023, 4:57 AM	2.8	1.6 km	5.2 km
Nov 8, 2023, 4:46 AM	2.1	0.2 km	6.0 km
Nov 8, 2023, 4:45 AM	2.5	2.3 km	7.2 km
Nov 8, 2023, 4:44 AM	2.3	2.1 km	4.8 km
Nov 8, 2023, 5:03 AM	2.2	2.9 km	7.0 km
Nov 8, 2023, 5:06 AM	2.0	1.2 km	6.9 km
Nov 8, 2023, 4:39 AM	2.8	0.2 km	6.1 km
Nov 8, 2023, 4:38 AM	2.2	0.6 km	4.4 km
Nov 8, 2023, 5:09 AM	2.4	2.5 km	4.8 km
Nov 8, 2023, 4:35 AM	2.6	3 km	6.9 km
Nov 8, 2023, 4:33 AM	2.3	1 km	5.7 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: 136K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Tplt 57-43 #1D	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000111440	1.9 km	20,000	3,000–4,525
Broken Spoke SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000113736	2.8 km	30,000	3,100–6,450
Liberator State SWD #1	1920 Energy, LLC	000114239	3.3 km	30,000	3,250–4,575
BHS 56-8 #1D	Waterbridge Stateline LLC	000108659	3.4 km	20,000	3,100–4,900
Hughes B #01SW	CR Field Services, LLC	000114457	4.7 km	25,000	4,015–5,193
Newsom 12 SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000113775	5.6 km	40,000	4,138–5,128
Salt Mine Two #1	Waterbridge Stateline LLC	000118343	5.8 km	20,000	3,650–5,650
Pennybacker SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000114955	6.2 km	30,000	2,600–6,000
Central 27 #1D	Waterbridge Stateline LLC	000119421	6.2 km	20,000	2,680–6,175
Ringtail SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000119482	6.7 km	30,000	3,200–6,150
Allman 25 SWD #1	EOG Resources, Inc.	000115299	7.5 km	25,000	4,000–4,800
Armadillo SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000124790	8.2 km	30,000	3,100–6,050
Bighorn SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000123436	8.5 km	10,000	3,100–6,050
Penner SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000116495	9.1 km	40,000	2,900–6,200
Javelina SWD #1	Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC	000120669	9.9 km	30,000	3,050–6,000

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About this data

Event tx2023vxbd 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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