EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2026DHSXIE
Magnitude 2.0 17 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
Monday, February 16, 2026, 10:50:47 AM Central · 2026-02-16 16:50:47 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 17 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on February 16, 2026 at 10:50 AM Central, 4.3 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 135 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.1 km away and operated by VTX Engy Oper, LLC; together they hold 241,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
4 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 4,597 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 4.3
- km deep · 14,126 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 135
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 570
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1890, -103.2410
- County area
- Reeves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2026, 8:16 PM | 2.7 | 4.3 km | 4.8 km |
| Apr 6, 2026, 9:16 PM | 2.1 | 4.7 km | 1.9 km |
| Nov 1, 2025, 7:06 PM | 2.0 | 9 km | 4.0 km |
| Oct 29, 2026, 1:39 PM | 2.0 | 4 km | 3.1 km |
| Jan 24, 2025, 12:08 PM | 2.2 | 6.8 km | 3.8 km |
| Nov 19, 2024, 4:46 PM | 3.0 | 9.5 km | 3.0 km |
| Oct 28, 2024, 11:50 AM | 2.5 | 8.8 km | 4.7 km |
| Aug 14, 2024, 8:03 PM | 2.1 | 5.7 km | 0.1 km |
| Jan 17, 2024, 11:22 AM | 2.0 | 9 km | 2.4 km |
| Oct 3, 2023, 2:13 AM | 2.4 | 8.2 km | 3.4 km |
| Sep 9, 2023, 5:27 PM | 2.3 | 6.8 km | 1.0 km |
| Jul 16, 2023, 11:42 AM | 2.4 | 6.9 km | 0.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Nov 29, 2020.
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: 4.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026dhsxie, 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/tx2026dhsxie, documented in the API reference.