EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2025COCB

Magnitude 2.0 22 km NNW of Midland, Texas

Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 10:01:22 PM Central · 2025-02-06 04:01:22 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 22 km NNW of Midland, Texas on February 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM Central, 7.1 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 73 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.2.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.4 km away and operated by High Lonesome Midstream, LLC; together they hold 186,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

26 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 81,357 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
7.1
km deep · 23,150 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
73
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
872
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.1960, -102.1300
County area
Martin County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jan 21, 2025, 4:27 AM2.01.9 km7.1 km
Dec 17, 2024, 2:28 AM2.09.8 km6.7 km
Apr 21, 2025, 4:19 PM2.510 km6.6 km
Oct 14, 2024, 5:17 AM2.08.4 km7.7 km
Oct 14, 2024, 1:42 AM2.19.4 km7.6 km
Oct 5, 2024, 5:44 AM2.00.7 km3.4 km
Sep 11, 2025, 5:45 PM2.69.9 km6.6 km
Sep 14, 2025, 12:18 PM2.49.9 km7.3 km
Sep 14, 2025, 4:03 PM2.58.5 km8.2 km
Sep 25, 2025, 1:49 PM2.07.9 km6.9 km
Dec 25, 2025, 6:34 PM2.83.9 km8.4 km
Jan 22, 2026, 4:04 AM2.80 km8.5 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.2 on Dec 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. 26 of these report daily to TexNet: 81.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Mabee SWD #1High Lonesome Midstream, LLC0001175641.4 km10,0004,620–6,776
Martin SWD #2Ogris Operating, LLC0001117172.4 km25,0005,350–6,750
Horned Frog #1High Lonesome Midstream, LLC0001042572.7 km20,0004,600–6,725
Roadrunner 349 #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001109753.5 km25,0004,670–6,660
Glass, G.W. "B" #19COG Operating LLC0001100364.1 km10,0004,400–5,200
Johnson Ranch #1000SWCOG Operating LLC0001043364.4 km12,0004,500–5,050
Mabee 39-10 #1035ICOG Operating LLC0001148094.9 km5,0009,700–15,298
Dove "Z" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001097144.9 km20,0004,300–5,200
Mabee SWD #3High Lonesome Midstream, LLC0001146115.5 km10,0005,300–6,850
South Curtis Ranch #2224IOccidental Permian Ltd.0001163045.7 km5,0009,098–9,765
South Curtis Ranch #2223IOccidental Permian Ltd.0001163035.7 km5,0008,999–9,709
Mabee South SWD #2High Lonesome Midstream, LLC0001088075.9 km30,0004,704–5,400
South Curtis Ranch #2221IOccidental Permian Ltd.0001150836 km5,0009,700–15,940
Mabee Unit #511AWScout Energy Management LLC0000751146 km2,0004,400–4,800
Mabee Unit #486WScout Energy Management LLC0000172036.2 km2,0004,389–5,200

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About this data

Event tx2025cocb 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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