EARTHQUAKES · MIDLAND AREA · TX2026OFKOJS

Magnitude 2.0 12 km WSW of Stanton, Texas

Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 12:50:15 AM Central · 2026-07-21 05:50:15 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 12 km WSW of Stanton, Texas on July 21, 2026 at 12:50 AM Central, 8.7 km deep, in the Midland County area.

It is one of 92 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 7 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.4.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 265,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

25 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 214,207 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0: ML, reviewed
8.7: km deep · 28,516 ft
7: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
92: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,090: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.1060, -101.9230
County area: Midland 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
Jul 25, 2026, 10:21 PM	2.8	7.8 km	6.5 km
Jul 10, 2026, 4:57 AM	2.0	2.7 km	8.8 km
Jul 7, 2026, 3:43 PM	2.0	3.3 km	8.7 km
Jul 2, 2026, 11:38 AM	2.6	2.4 km	9.5 km
Jul 1, 2026, 6:22 AM	2.9	1.9 km	7.3 km
Jun 23, 2026, 4:10 PM	3.1	0.3 km	8.7 km
Jun 22, 2026, 6:54 PM	2.3	0.3 km	8.5 km
Jun 22, 2026, 6:52 PM	3.1	0.3 km	8.9 km
Aug 26, 2026, 3:25 PM	2.0	0.7 km	4.1 km
Aug 26, 2026, 3:25 PM	2.0	0.1 km	8.8 km
Aug 31, 2026, 2:52 AM	2.1	1.3 km	8.9 km
Jun 7, 2026, 3:09 PM	2.6	2.6 km	7.3 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.4 on Sep 25, 2025.

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. 25 of these report daily to TexNet: 214K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Lewis, Kathleen SWD #7D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000091287	0.7 km	12,000	4,000–4,800
Dickenson 20 #8D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000113130	2.3 km	50,000	11,100–14,500
Big Mac SWD #1	Deep Blue Central LLC	000125075	2.3 km	24,000	4,200–6,000
Dickenson "20" SWD #3WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000101953	2.3 km	12,000	4,250–4,588
Bootlegger SWD #1	Moonshine Energy, LLC	000117854	3.1 km	10,000	3,000–4,950
Penrose-Oldham #4	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000096206	3.8 km	10,000	3,500–5,000
Bohanan #3D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000103730	4 km	25,000	4,050–4,850
Nail A-6 #1D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000104163	4.3 km	5,000	4,197–4,756
Nail A-6 #2D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000109847	4.6 km	5,000	3,574–4,600
Migisi SWD #1	Deep Blue Central LLC	000124671	4.6 km	30,000	4,209–6,000
Penrose-Oldham SWD #2	Diamondback E&P LLC	000059519	4.8 km	7,500	4,250–5,000
Beal-Snyder #2D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000058393	4.9 km	5,000	4,800–5,800
Crescent #1D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000125292	5 km	10,000	3,600–4,750
Bella SWD #1	Velocity Water Solutions, LP	000126266	5 km	30,000	4,200–5,500
Nautilus SWD #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000125277	5.1 km	30,000	4,200–6,440

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About this data

Event tx2026ofkojs 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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