EARTHQUAKES · MIDLAND AREA · TX2026CESUHF
Magnitude 2.8 20 km NNW of Midland, Texas
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 3:40:16 PM Central · 2026-01-31 21:40:16 UTC
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 20 km NNW of Midland, Texas on January 31, 2026 at 3:40 PM Central, 8.9 km deep, in the Midland County area.
It is one of 137 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 1.2 km away and operated by COG Operating LLC; together they hold 141,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
23 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 45,566 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.8
- ML, reviewed
- 8.9
- km deep · 29,077 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 137
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 936
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.1710, -102.1490
- County area
- Midland County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2026, 4:04 AM | 2.8 | 3.3 km | 8.5 km |
| Feb 25, 2026, 7:18 AM | 2.1 | 7.1 km | 6.7 km |
| Mar 3, 2026, 4:52 AM | 2.6 | 7.5 km | 5.9 km |
| Mar 5, 2026, 4:43 AM | 2.4 | 7.5 km | 6.1 km |
| Mar 6, 2026, 8:03 AM | 2.1 | 7.4 km | 6.5 km |
| Dec 25, 2025, 6:34 PM | 2.8 | 1.2 km | 8.4 km |
| Sep 25, 2025, 1:49 PM | 2.0 | 4.7 km | 6.9 km |
| Jun 9, 2026, 5:48 AM | 2.6 | 7.3 km | 6.7 km |
| Jun 11, 2026, 4:36 AM | 2.6 | 4.9 km | 8.8 km |
| Sep 14, 2025, 4:03 PM | 2.5 | 5.4 km | 8.2 km |
| Sep 14, 2025, 12:18 PM | 2.4 | 6.8 km | 7.3 km |
| Sep 11, 2025, 5:45 PM | 2.6 | 7 km | 6.6 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. 23 of these report daily to TexNet: 45.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Midland County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2026cesuhf 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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