EARTHQUAKES · MCMULLEN AREA · TX2026BMCYML
Magnitude 2.0 9 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas
Wednesday, January 21, 2026, 12:18:45 PM Central · 2026-01-21 18:18:45 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 9 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas on January 21, 2026 at 12:18 PM Central, 4.8 km deep, in the McMullen County area.
It is one of 15 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.8.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.6 km away and operated by Blue Flame Oper Co LLC; together they hold 1,600 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 4.8
- km deep · 15,739 ft
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 15
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 260
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.3910, -98.7610
- County area
- McMullen County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 2026, 11:20 PM | 2.3 | 0.5 km | 9.3 km |
| Jan 20, 2026, 6:55 PM | 2.2 | 2.9 km | 5.8 km |
| Jan 20, 2026, 8:10 AM | 2.3 | 2.3 km | 5.6 km |
| Jan 19, 2026, 10:26 PM | 2.8 | 2.9 km | 6.7 km |
| Jan 19, 2026, 4:49 PM | 2.1 | 2.4 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 2, 2026, 6:23 AM | 2.0 | 1 km | 7.3 km |
| Feb 3, 2026, 10:57 PM | 2.1 | 1.6 km | 5.5 km |
| Feb 5, 2026, 5:34 AM | 2.0 | 2.4 km | 6.1 km |
| Feb 10, 2026, 8:35 AM | 2.1 | 0.9 km | 3.4 km |
| Feb 11, 2026, 9:11 AM | 2.1 | 0.2 km | 4.0 km |
| Mar 18, 2025, 3:42 AM | 2.0 | 4.6 km | 4.9 km |
| Jan 28, 2024, 4:41 AM | 2.2 | 3.1 km | 1.6 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.8 on Jan 20, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Texas Syndicate #2020 | Blue Flame Oper Co LLC | 000100940 | 3.6 km | 500 | 5,540–5,575 |
| South Texas Syndicate #1120 | Blue Flame Oper Co LLC | 000076978 | 4.4 km | 500 | 5,524–5,550 |
| South Texas Syndicate #2 | Caribbean Engy LLC II | 000087865 | 9.2 km | 600 | 1,273–1,286 |
Disposal in McMullen County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026bmcyml, 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/tx2026bmcyml, documented in the API reference.