EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2026ITOLHM
Magnitude 3.1 10 km SE of Coyanosa, Texas
Monday, May 4, 2026, 6:12:08 PM Central · 2026-05-04 23:12:08 UTC
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake 10 km SE of Coyanosa, Texas on May 4, 2026 at 6:12 PM Central, 5.6 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 9 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away and operated by Swordfish Energy Operating, LLC; together they hold 249,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 2,773 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.1
- ML, reviewed
- 5.6
- km deep · 18,332 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 9
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 267
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1680, -103.0030
- County area
- Reeves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026, 10:03 PM | 2.6 | 3.8 km | 4.2 km |
| Jan 22, 2026, 3:11 AM | 2.4 | 4.3 km | 2.6 km |
| Jan 22, 2026, 1:36 AM | 2.5 | 2.3 km | 3.7 km |
| Aug 30, 2026, 8:21 PM | 2.2 | 7.1 km | 0.0 km |
| Aug 30, 2024, 1:06 PM | 2.7 | 4.3 km | 2.7 km |
| Jul 20, 2022, 7:51 AM | 2.4 | 2.3 km | 0.7 km |
| Apr 15, 2021, 5:25 PM | 3.1 | 4.5 km | 4.0 km |
| Dec 17, 2019, 3:13 PM | 2.9 | 5 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Apr 15, 2021.
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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 2.77K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatch 16 #X001 | Swordfish Energy Operating, LLC | 000117223 | 0.7 km | 30,000 | 4,975–6,400 |
| Giddyup Buttercup #1 | Swordfish Energy Operating, LLC | 000115323 | 1.5 km | 30,000 | 5,150–6,800 |
| Neal, James O. #7 | P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 000096652 | 2.5 km | 3,000 | 4,716–4,796 |
| Neal, James #8W | Petex | 000012048 | 3.3 km | 1,500 | 4,844–4,874 |
| Sibley, Effie Potts #5 | P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 000092883 | 3.6 km | 4,000 | 4,776–4,879 |
| Sibley, Effie Potts #4 | P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 000093661 | 3.8 km | 1,000 | 4,735–4,866 |
| Swinbank SWD #1 | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000117869 | 4.2 km | 25,000 | 5,200–6,800 |
| Sibley, Effie Potts #12 | P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 000092884 | 4.4 km | 4,000 | 4,810–4,882 |
| Wahoo 12 #1SW | VTX Energy Operating, LLC | 000118184 | 6.2 km | 30,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Braden SWD #1 | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000108609 | 6.3 km | 20,000 | 5,300–7,000 |
| Catseye SWD #1 | Velocity Water Solutions, LP | 000118739 | 6.4 km | 30,000 | 5,200–6,800 |
| Neely "75" #2 | Mineral Technologies, Inc. | 000103235 | 6.7 km | 3,000 | 5,078–6,042 |
| Salt Lake SWD #1 | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000115375 | 7.2 km | 30,000 | 5,150–6,800 |
| Mando #1D | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000117325 | 7.6 km | 17,500 | 5,706–7,545 |
| Chilton #5601H | Continental Resources, Inc. | 000123437 | 7.9 km | 20,000 | 5,461–6,542 |
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About this data
Event tx2026itolhm 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/tx2026itolhm, documented in the API reference.