EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2026NQAYET
Magnitude 3.6 11 km SSE of Dilley, Texas
Sunday, July 12, 2026, 3:52:20 PM Central · 2026-07-12 20:52:20 UTC
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake 11 km SSE of Dilley, Texas on July 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM Central, 6.8 km deep, in the Frio County area.
It is one of 16 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 8.7 km away and operated by C&e Prod, LLC; together they hold 65,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.6
- ML, reviewed
- 6.8
- km deep · 22,427 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 16
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 229
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.5780, -99.1180
- County area
- Frio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 2026, 3:11 PM | 2.4 | 2.7 km | 7.4 km |
| Jul 12, 2026, 5:41 PM | 2.0 | 3.2 km | 7.3 km |
| Jul 14, 2026, 10:51 AM | 2.9 | 1.8 km | 6.5 km |
| Oct 10, 2026, 10:39 PM | 2.0 | 3.1 km | 8.2 km |
| Oct 14, 2026, 8:06 AM | 2.2 | 8.6 km | 7.4 km |
| Jun 9, 2025, 9:58 AM | 2.0 | 5.5 km | 3.5 km |
| May 10, 2025, 4:25 AM | 2.0 | 2.2 km | 6.6 km |
| May 8, 2025, 11:26 PM | 2.4 | 2 km | 5.6 km |
| May 6, 2025, 2:40 PM | 2.0 | 2.6 km | 4.6 km |
| May 6, 2025, 10:42 AM | 2.0 | 2.9 km | 7.6 km |
| Nov 9, 2024, 1:10 AM | 2.7 | 9.4 km | 6.9 km |
| Apr 12, 2019, 7:24 AM | 2.0 | 6.1 km | 8.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.9 on Jul 14, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krisjenn Ranch SWD #1 | C&e Prod, LLC | 000108084 | 8.7 km | 20,000 | 7,900–9,500 |
| Meyers SWD #2 | C&e Prod, LLC | 000110739 | 9.5 km | 35,000 | 9,175–11,396 |
| Cat-Dilley SWD #2 | Mid River Midstream LLC | 000104309 | 9.7 km | 10,000 | 5,400–6,000 |
Disposal in Frio County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026nqayet, 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/tx2026nqayet, documented in the API reference.