EARTHQUAKES · MCMULLEN AREA · TX2026JTNUBK
Magnitude 2.1 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas
Monday, May 18, 2026, 9:47:50 PM Central · 2026-05-19 02:47:50 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas on May 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM Central, 8.9 km deep, in the McMullen County area.
It is one of 20 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
9 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away and operated by Buccaneer Oper LLC; together they hold 137,600 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 8.9
- km deep · 29,345 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 20
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 9
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 173
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.7200, -98.4780
- County area
- McMullen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2026, 11:25 AM | 2.1 | 0.8 km | 7.6 km |
| Oct 9, 2025, 7:18 AM | 2.0 | 6 km | 8.4 km |
| Oct 8, 2025, 1:07 PM | 2.0 | 4.3 km | 8.3 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 2:45 PM | 2.1 | 4.2 km | 8.8 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 12:59 PM | 2.0 | 4.3 km | 8.1 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 6:40 AM | 2.2 | 4.1 km | 8.4 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 3:24 AM | 2.1 | 3.8 km | 7.5 km |
| Oct 6, 2025, 8:12 PM | 2.1 | 3.9 km | 8.2 km |
| Oct 6, 2025, 6:18 PM | 2.0 | 4.6 km | 8.3 km |
| Oct 6, 2025, 3:23 PM | 2.5 | 4.7 km | 8.6 km |
| Oct 6, 2025, 1:28 PM | 2.4 | 5.4 km | 8.3 km |
| Oct 17, 2023, 10:15 PM | 2.2 | 8.3 km | 8.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Jun 1, 2018.
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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peeler #5 | Buccaneer Oper LLC | 000097481 | 3.3 km | 2,500 | 4,700–5,400 |
| Peeler #2A | Rickaway Engy, Corp | 000105237 | 5 km | 10,000 | 4,950–5,873 |
| Henry, Geo #2AD | Gn&j LLC | 000098366 | 6.6 km | 10,000 | 4,800–5,400 |
| Henry, G. W. -B- #10 | South Texas Oilfield Sol, LLC | 000105447 | 7.2 km | 20,000 | 4,800–6,000 |
| Henry, G. W. -B- #7 | South Texas Oilfield Sol, LLC | 000098844 | 7.2 km | 20,000 | 4,900–5,600 |
| Sage Geosystems Smeci #1 | Sage Geosystems Inc | 000127007 | 8.2 km | 70,000 | 9,133–9,496 |
| Dicke #3 | Buccaneer Oper LLC | 000098131 | 8.3 km | 1,000 | 5,020–5,350 |
| Hodde, A.W. #5 | Atlas Oper LLC | 000101433 | 9 km | 3,600 | 5,090–5,950 |
| Williams, Mary Isabella -A- #5A | Aaronmark Services, LLC | 000090741 | 9.5 km | 500 | 5,397–5,402 |
Disposal in McMullen County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026jtnubk, 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/tx2026jtnubk, documented in the API reference.