EARTHQUAKES · FISHER AREA · TX2026FCPYKI

Magnitude 2.9 10 km SW of Rotan, Texas

Saturday, March 14, 2026, 12:51:38 AM Central · 2026-03-14 05:51:38 UTC

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake 10 km SW of Rotan, Texas on March 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM Central, 4.6 km deep, in the Fisher County area.

It is one of 171 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

14 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.2 km away and operated by Browning Oil Company, Inc.; together they hold 196,300 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

9 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 16,570 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.9: ML, reviewed
4.6: km deep · 14,979 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
171: M2+ within 10 km, all time
14: active injection wells within 10 km
128: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.7910, -100.5570
County area: Fisher 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 14, 2026, 1:10 AM	2.3	2.4 km	3.9 km
Mar 16, 2026, 5:11 AM	2.6	1.2 km	4.0 km
Mar 11, 2026, 5:44 AM	2.1	5.3 km	7.1 km
Apr 4, 2026, 8:58 AM	2.6	8.4 km	7.5 km
Apr 24, 2026, 1:51 PM	2.1	8.1 km	6.5 km
Jan 3, 2026, 2:05 AM	2.0	9.1 km	7.0 km
Dec 30, 2025, 10:26 PM	2.2	1.9 km	3.7 km
Dec 1, 2025, 8:31 PM	3.3	8.7 km	7.9 km
Nov 30, 2025, 10:31 PM	2.2	8.9 km	8.3 km
Nov 21, 2025, 7:52 PM	2.5	9.6 km	7.1 km
Nov 21, 2025, 6:43 PM	2.1	9.4 km	8.4 km
Nov 21, 2025, 6:30 PM	2.7	9.4 km	7.9 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Jul 26, 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. 9 of these report daily to TexNet: 16.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Don Gruben 58 SWD #1	Browning Oil Company, Inc.	000124638	2.2 km	20,000	4,280–4,550
Lonesome Dove WD #1	Browning Oil Company, Inc.	000125157	2.6 km	20,000	2,800–3,300
DJ 130 #1WD	Browning Oil Company, Inc.	000124499	4.9 km	20,000	2,990–3,280
Weathersbee 51 #3	S.B. Street Operating, Inc.	000126332	5.9 km	300	3,650–3,700
Hogo #1WD	Walsh & Watts, Inc.	000124944	6.1 km	20,000	2,800–3,700
Camp Springs 31 #1WD	Browning Oil Company, Inc.	000117703	7.2 km	15,000	2,825–3,400
Tutt SWD #1	Sojourner Drilling Corporation	000118888	7.8 km	20,000	2,800–3,400
Martin QR #4	Gunn Oil Company	000109278	7.8 km	5,000	3,000–4,100
Blackbeard #1WD	Clear Fork, Incorporated	000125315	8.1 km	20,000	2,750–3,000
Dale Cave #4R	Sojourner Drilling Corporation	000112750	8.2 km	8,000	4,316–5,977
Cave, Dale #2	Sojourner Drilling Corporation	000101020	8.3 km	1,500	4,340–4,520
Gordon A #1R	Gunn Oil Company	000109990	8.6 km	2,000	3,294–3,450
Emily SWD #1D	Walsh & Watts, Inc.	000118823	8.7 km	24,500	2,850–3,800
Muddler Minnow SWD #1	Arrington Oil&gas Operating LLC	000125489	9.8 km	20,000	2,797–3,700

Disposal in Fisher County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2026fcpyki 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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