EARTHQUAKES · ROBERTS AREA · TX2026OJLAKY
Magnitude 5.0 38 km SSE of Spearman, Texas
Thursday, July 23, 2026, 5:21:43 AM Central · 2026-07-23 10:21:43 UTC
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake 38 km SSE of Spearman, Texas on July 23, 2026 at 5:21 AM Central, 5.7 km deep, in the Roberts County area.
It is one of 3 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 9.4 km away and operated by Overflow Engy, LLC; together they hold 10,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M5.0
- ML, reviewed
- 5.7
- km deep · 18,664 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 13
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 35.9020, -100.9760
- County area
- Roberts 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2021, 6:57 PM | 2.7 | 5.9 km | 7.3 km |
| Apr 14, 2021, 6:54 PM | 4.3 | 6.2 km | 7.7 km |
Largest nearby on record: M4.3 on Apr 14, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Creek SWD #1 | Overflow Engy, LLC | 000110863 | 9.4 km | 10,000 | 3,400–5,400 |
Disposal in Roberts County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026ojlaky, 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/tx2026ojlaky, documented in the API reference.