EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2025IXEY
Magnitude 2.3 25 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 7:45:08 AM Central · 2025-05-07 12:45:08 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 25 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas on May 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM Central, 5.5 km deep, in the Howard County area.
It is one of 16 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.3.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.7 km away and operated by Highpeak Engy Holdings, LLC; together they hold 124,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
4 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 54,333 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 5.5
- km deep · 18,023 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 16
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 206
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.5500, -101.1500
- County area
- Howard 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2025, 4:48 AM | 2.3 | 1.7 km | 2.9 km |
| Dec 21, 2025, 2:54 AM | 2.3 | 8.3 km | 5.7 km |
| Jan 26, 2026, 4:22 AM | 4.3 | 5.4 km | 6.5 km |
| Feb 8, 2026, 3:31 AM | 2.3 | 3.6 km | 7.2 km |
| Feb 13, 2026, 6:51 PM | 2.6 | 6.2 km | 6.8 km |
| May 29, 2024, 12:52 AM | 2.1 | 0.9 km | 8.4 km |
| Apr 22, 2026, 2:35 PM | 2.1 | 8.8 km | 8.1 km |
| May 29, 2026, 7:49 AM | 2.8 | 6.3 km | 6.4 km |
| Jun 23, 2026, 3:20 PM | 2.3 | 6.6 km | 7.1 km |
| Jul 23, 2026, 12:15 PM | 3.9 | 6.4 km | 7.7 km |
| Dec 22, 2023, 9:08 PM | 2.4 | 1.6 km | 9.2 km |
| Oct 30, 2023, 7:31 AM | 2.1 | 7.1 km | 7.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M4.3 on Jan 26, 2026.
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. 4 of these report daily to TexNet: 54.3K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lottie SWD #1 | Highpeak Engy Holdings, LLC | 000126721 | 3.7 km | 15,000 | 7,360–7,700 |
| Broken Dam #62S | Bayswater Oper Co LLC | 000126826 | 5.4 km | 25,000 | 2,035–3,450 |
| Sharon Ridge Canyon Unit #5707W | OXY USA WTP LP | 000072586 | 5.7 km | 6,500 | 6,540–7,000 |
| Louis "A" #D 1R | P.o.&g. Oper, LLC | 000067829 | 6 km | 4,000 | 2,362–3,800 |
| Sharon Ridge Canyon Unit #5706 | OXY USA WTP LP | 000072582 | 6 km | 6,500 | 6,532–7,000 |
| Conrad "C" #5D | P.o.&g. Oper, LLC | 000028210 | 6.1 km | 5,500 | 2,445–4,110 |
| Sharon Ridge Canyon Unit #5503W | OXY USA WTP LP | 000023130 | 6.5 km | 6,500 | 6,692–7,350 |
| Thompson #2 | Cross Cut Petroleum, LLC | 000082776 | 6.8 km | 3,000 | 6,800–7,000 |
| Sharon Ridge Canyon Unit #5601W | OXY USA WTP LP | 000072580 | 6.8 km | 6,500 | 6,554–7,000 |
| Sharon Ridge Canyon Unit #5415 | OXY USA WTP LP | 000058018 | 7 km | — | 6,662 |
| Sterling "4" #1D | GNG Operating LLC | 000102021 | 7.1 km | 5,000 | 2,335–8,169 |
| Sharon Ridge Canyon Unit #5108W | OXY USA WTP LP | 000072571 | 7.2 km | 6,500 | 6,390–7,000 |
| Murphy, W. Ed #17 | P.o.&g. Oper, LLC | 000087239 | 7.3 km | 7,500 | 4,308–6,915 |
| Murphy, W. Ed. #11W | P.o.&g. Oper, LLC | 000028211 | 7.4 km | 7,000 | 6,806–6,839 |
| County Line #1 | TX WT, LLC | 000101648 | 7.5 km | 20,000 | 2,328–4,508 |
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About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2025ixey, 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2025ixey, documented in the API reference.