EARTHQUAKES · GLASSCOCK AREA · TX2026PVRPPD

Magnitude 2.6 21 km W of Garden City, Texas

Thursday, August 13, 2026, 1:30:25 AM Central · 2026-08-13 06:30:25 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 21 km W of Garden City, Texas on August 13, 2026 at 1:30 AM Central, 8.4 km deep, in the Glasscock County area.

It is one of 33 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.3.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.9 km away and operated by Aqua Terra Permian, LLC; together they hold 294,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

18 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 119,605 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.6: ML, reviewed
8.4: km deep · 27,475 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
33: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,248: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.8450, -101.7100
County area: Glasscock 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
Nov 4, 2026, 4:17 AM	2.5	4.7 km	7.1 km
May 19, 2026, 5:55 AM	3.2	9.7 km	9.4 km
Feb 28, 2026, 5:01 PM	2.0	5.9 km	8.9 km
Feb 7, 2026, 12:43 AM	2.0	3.9 km	5.9 km
Feb 1, 2026, 4:41 PM	2.5	6.6 km	8.3 km
Jan 23, 2026, 8:26 PM	2.1	3.8 km	6.7 km
Aug 15, 2025, 7:06 PM	2.6	4.9 km	7.3 km
Mar 14, 2025, 8:21 AM	2.2	2.7 km	6.9 km
Mar 13, 2025, 10:28 PM	2.5	3.2 km	7.9 km
Feb 14, 2025, 11:32 PM	2.2	4.4 km	7.7 km
Dec 18, 2024, 8:35 PM	2.2	9 km	8.9 km
Sep 25, 2024, 8:22 AM	2.2	5.1 km	7.2 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Feb 10, 2022.

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. 18 of these report daily to TexNet: 120K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
L. M. Harrison et Al #1W	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000102275	0.9 km	20,000	4,002–4,196
Superior #2	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000104436	1 km	20,000	3,405–4,500
George III #1D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000125173	2.1 km	10,000	3,695–4,690
Brunson "35" #1D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000108101	2.4 km	20,000	3,700–4,400
Cornwallis #1D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000126034	3.9 km	10,000	3,750–4,750
Wrage 33 #2D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000115760	4 km	10,000	3,796–4,705
Glasscock 403 SWD #1	Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC	000110084	4.7 km	35,000	3,785–4,200
Shelby SWD #2	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000125590	4.8 km	20,000	3,400–4,700
Wrage 28 #3D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000115741	4.8 km	10,000	3,873–4,737
Dub SWD #1	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000116794	4.9 km	30,000	3,420–4,603
Shelby SWD #1	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000119335	5.5 km	20,000	3,480–6,230
Leary #1D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000124442	5.9 km	15,000	11,567–12,770
Alby Crouch #6	Phillips Water Hauling, Inc.	000106112	6 km	25,000	4,000–5,700
Crouch, Alby #8	Phillips Water Hauling, Inc.	000124903	6 km	24,000	4,625–5,750
Jaker SWD #2SW	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000115448	6 km	25,000	3,420–6,500

Disposal in Glasscock County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2026pvrppd 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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