EARTHQUAKES · ECTOR AREA · TX2026EMMBCA
Magnitude 2.4 19 km NE of Gardendale, Texas
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 4:43:23 AM Central · 2026-03-05 10:43:23 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 19 km NE of Gardendale, Texas on March 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM Central, 6.1 km deep, in the Ector County area.
It is one of 118 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 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 km away and operated by COG Operating LLC; together they hold 194,999 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
21 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 40,578 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 6.1
- km deep · 20,106 ft
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 118
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 1,044
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.1340, -102.2160
- County area
- Ector 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2026, 8:03 AM | 2.1 | 0.3 km | 6.5 km |
| Mar 3, 2026, 4:52 AM | 2.6 | 0.3 km | 5.9 km |
| Feb 25, 2026, 7:18 AM | 2.1 | 7.3 km | 6.7 km |
| Feb 17, 2026, 7:02 PM | 2.3 | 3 km | 7.0 km |
| Jan 31, 2026, 3:40 PM | 2.8 | 7.5 km | 8.9 km |
| Dec 25, 2025, 6:34 PM | 2.8 | 6.8 km | 8.4 km |
| Jun 9, 2026, 5:48 AM | 2.6 | 0.3 km | 6.7 km |
| Jun 14, 2026, 12:23 AM | 2.0 | 3.3 km | 8.9 km |
| Jul 28, 2026, 12:32 AM | 2.0 | 3.3 km | 4.7 km |
| Jul 28, 2026, 12:32 AM | 2.1 | 3.5 km | 7.3 km |
| Sep 25, 2025, 1:49 PM | 2.0 | 5.5 km | 6.9 km |
| Sep 14, 2025, 4:03 PM | 2.5 | 5.8 km | 8.2 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. 21 of these report daily to TexNet: 40.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Ector County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2026emmbca 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2026emmbca, documented in the API reference.