EARTHQUAKES · FISHER AREA · TX2026KFFFOX
Magnitude 2.1 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
Monday, May 25, 2026, 6:23:18 AM Central · 2026-05-25 11:23:18 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas on May 25, 2026 at 6:23 AM Central, 8.9 km deep, in the Fisher County area.
It is one of 364 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.4 km away and operated by Browning Oil Company, Inc.; together they hold 236,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
16 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 20,187 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 8.9
- km deep · 29,157 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 364
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 160
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.7500, -100.6630
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026, 9:45 PM | 2.8 | 2.1 km | 6.1 km |
| Jun 5, 2026, 10:00 PM | 2.7 | 1.4 km | 7.8 km |
| Jun 5, 2026, 10:07 PM | 2.0 | 1.8 km | 7.1 km |
| May 3, 2026, 8:49 AM | 2.0 | 0.7 km | 6.9 km |
| Apr 24, 2026, 1:51 PM | 2.1 | 7.3 km | 6.5 km |
| Apr 4, 2026, 8:58 AM | 2.6 | 2.6 km | 7.5 km |
| Mar 14, 2026, 1:10 AM | 2.3 | 8.9 km | 3.9 km |
| Feb 25, 2026, 11:08 AM | 2.0 | 1.5 km | 6.8 km |
| Dec 30, 2025, 10:26 PM | 2.2 | 9.6 km | 3.7 km |
| Dec 24, 2025, 2:17 PM | 2.0 | 9 km | 7.6 km |
| Dec 1, 2025, 8:31 PM | 3.3 | 2.2 km | 7.9 km |
| Nov 30, 2025, 10:31 PM | 2.2 | 2 km | 8.3 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. 16 of these report daily to TexNet: 20.2K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Fisher County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2026kfffox 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/tx2026kfffox, documented in the API reference.