EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2023WITR

Magnitude 2.0 37 km NW of Stanton, Texas

Tuesday, November 14, 2023, 2:46:25 PM Central · 2023-11-14 20:46:25 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 37 km NW of Stanton, Texas on November 14, 2023 at 2:46 PM Central, 7.3 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 192 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.4 km away and operated by Stonehill Martin, LLC; together they hold 333,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

21 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 138,711 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0: ML(TEXNE, reviewed
7.3: km deep · 23,991 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
192: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,086: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.3560, -102.0850
County area: Martin 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 14, 2023, 1:42 AM	2.6	8.9 km	8.1 km
Nov 22, 2023, 8:15 AM	2.0	3.9 km	7.9 km
Nov 23, 2023, 5:14 PM	4.2	8.6 km	7.6 km
Nov 23, 2023, 6:47 PM	2.1	8.1 km	8.2 km
Nov 23, 2023, 7:49 PM	2.2	8.1 km	7.9 km
Nov 24, 2023, 5:25 AM	2.0	8.2 km	8.5 km
Nov 24, 2023, 8:12 AM	2.3	8.5 km	7.7 km
Nov 27, 2023, 7:50 PM	2.0	8 km	7.0 km
Nov 28, 2023, 6:49 AM	3.0	8.7 km	8.5 km
Oct 9, 2023, 8:24 PM	2.7	7.3 km	8.8 km
Jan 1, 2024, 1:13 AM	2.1	9.4 km	9.9 km
Sep 24, 2023, 10:18 PM	3.3	8 km	9.7 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 2024.

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: 139K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Capri SWD #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000125986	3.4 km	20,000	4,350–5,700
Capri SWD #1	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000118229	4.1 km	30,000	4,500–5,680
Holt Ranch #17	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000113468	5.1 km	15,000	4,800–6,450
Salt Water Disposal #1	Ruger Properties, LLC	000105528	6.1 km	20,000	3,900–6,100
Blue Duck SWD #2	Ruger Properties, LLC	000126739	6.1 km	20,000	3,900–5,400
Corsica SWD 2 #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000126090	6.3 km	20,000	4,200–5,228
Jones-Holton D #5D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000116521	6.3 km	40,000	11,000–14,000
Jones-Holton SWD #1WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000105527	6.3 km	20,000	4,200–5,632
Jones-Holton D #4D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000112642	6.7 km	20,000	11,000–14,000
Jones-Holton SWD #3D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000112565	6.8 km	30,000	4,200–6,000
Jones-Holton SWD #25D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000112375	6.8 km	20,000	4,200–5,600
Scharbauer Ranch #2D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000102846	6.8 km	8,000	4,214–5,200
Miers, W. W. #1	Beryl Oil and Gas, LP	000125042	6.9 km	20,000	4,200–7,210
Jones-Holton SWD #2WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000105567	6.9 km	20,000	4,200–5,700
Jones 130 #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000099208	7.8 km	30,000	4,275–12,700

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About this data

Event tx2023witr 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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