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EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2025WTINNP

Magnitude 2.3 38 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas

Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 9:22:05 PM Central · 2025-11-19 03:22:05 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 38 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas on November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM Central, 8.6 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 195 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 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 2 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 290,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

22 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 121,002 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
8.6
km deep · 28,116 ft
3
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
195
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,040
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4230, -102.1410
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
Nov 27, 2025, 7:38 AM2.17.6 km8.8 km
Nov 9, 2025, 1:22 AM2.52 km8.8 km
Nov 8, 2025, 5:28 AM3.19.2 km7.3 km
Dec 5, 2025, 1:30 PM2.68.2 km7.8 km
Oct 25, 2025, 12:19 AM2.47.6 km7.6 km
Dec 23, 2025, 12:48 AM2.45 km8.3 km
Oct 11, 2025, 6:55 AM2.12.3 km8.9 km
Sep 23, 2025, 12:42 PM3.09.4 km8.1 km
Sep 14, 2025, 10:40 AM2.56.9 km8.9 km
Sep 1, 2025, 7:02 AM2.21.2 km8.7 km
Aug 29, 2025, 6:19 PM2.19.6 km7.0 km
Aug 23, 2025, 1:02 PM2.41.2 km8.7 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. 22 of these report daily to TexNet: 121K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246512 km30,0003,988–5,308
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260903.3 km20,0004,200–5,228
University "7-15" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001154423.4 km25,0004,500–5,600
Univ. 14-7 #3DOvintiv USA Inc.0000189433.4 km7,5004,525–5,470
University 7-27 SWD #D 2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001153394.5 km40,00012,700–14,200
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001159755 km30,00012,380–13,965
University SWD #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001101145.3 km20,0004,800–5,550
University -B- #2Crosstex Services, L.L.C.0000794085.5 km5,0004,940–6,500
Pinotage SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001062815.9 km20,0005,550–6,175
State of Texas AR #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001003746 km15,0004,927–5,050
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47Ovintiv USA Inc.0000998956.2 km10,00011,242–12,617
Herding Cats #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001190036.2 km30,00012,250–14,500
University 7-26 SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001027096.8 km15,0004,850–5,265
M.A.K SWD #4402Deep Blue Operating I LLC0000856936.8 km8,0004,950–6,295
Mabee Foundation #1REDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001034137 km15,0005,550–6,175

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About this data

Event tx2025wtinnp 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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