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EARTHQUAKES · FISHER AREA · TX2024OPIB

Magnitude 3.0 15 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas

Friday, July 26, 2024, 9:32:42 AM Central · 2024-07-26 14:32:42 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 15 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas on July 26, 2024 at 9:32 AM Central, 8.5 km deep, in the Fisher County area.

It is one of 362 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 33 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

14 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.3 km away and operated by Browning Oil Company, Inc.; together they hold 233,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

15 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 19,550 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.0
ML, reviewed
8.5
km deep · 27,796 ft
33
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
362
M2+ within 10 km, all time
14
active injection wells within 10 km
149
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.7530, -100.6790
County area
Fisher County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jul 26, 2024, 9:34 AM2.61.8 km7.6 km
Jul 26, 2024, 9:28 AM5.12.4 km3.3 km
Jul 26, 2024, 9:40 AM2.02.6 km7.0 km
Jul 26, 2024, 9:40 AM3.32.6 km4.2 km
Jul 26, 2024, 9:17 AM2.32 km7.6 km
Jul 26, 2024, 9:58 AM2.01.9 km5.8 km
Jul 26, 2024, 10:21 AM2.22.6 km1.1 km
Jul 26, 2024, 10:44 AM2.71.9 km3.3 km
Jul 26, 2024, 11:11 AM2.51.2 km6.8 km
Jul 26, 2024, 11:28 AM2.13.5 km1.1 km
Jul 26, 2024, 12:22 PM2.20.8 km8.2 km
Jul 26, 2024, 2:40 PM2.92.3 km4.5 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Jul 26, 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. 15 of these report daily to TexNet: 19.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Yellowstone #1WDBrowning Oil Company, Inc.0001188220.3 km20,0003,180–3,660
B.L. Garrison #1Browning Oil Company, Inc.0001165111.2 km20,0002,850–3,600
Henderson #2Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc0001165733.5 km25,0003,000–3,800
Emily SWD #1DWalsh & Watts, Inc.0001188233.6 km24,5002,850–3,800
Taylor #1WDBrowning Oil Company, Inc.0001192324.1 km15,0003,300–4,000
Steakhouse #1WDBrowning Oil Company, Inc.0001221374.4 km20,0003,050–3,650
Gordon A #1RGunn Oil Company0001099904.6 km2,0003,294–3,450
Camp Springs 31 #1WDBrowning Oil Company, Inc.0001177035.4 km15,0002,825–3,400
Hogo #1WDWalsh & Watts, Inc.0001249446.1 km20,0002,800–3,700
Strawberry 87 #1DWalsh & Watts, Inc.0001242416.8 km20,0003,096–3,859
Mason 85 #1DWalsh & Watts, Inc.0001210227.7 km20,0003,247–3,758
Tutt SWD #1Sojourner Drilling Corporation0001188888.4 km20,0002,800–3,400
Cave, Dale #2Sojourner Drilling Corporation0001010209.6 km1,5004,340–4,520
Dripping Springs #1DCanan Mowrey Operating, LLC00012614410 km10,0003,200–4,220

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About this data

Event tx2024opib 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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