EARTHQUAKES · WINKLER AREA · TX2026USOWBC
Magnitude 2.0 18 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 4:35:47 AM Central · 2026-10-21 09:35:47 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 18 km SW of Jal, New Mexico on October 21, 2026 at 4:35 AM Central, 6.0 km deep, in the Winkler County area.
It is one of 176 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 32 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.4 km away and operated by Delaware Water Mngmnt Co, LLC; together they hold 411,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
4 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 66,442 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 6.0
- km deep · 19,719 ft
- 32
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 176
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 373
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.9750, -103.3040
- County area
- Winkler 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026, 4:33 AM | 2.6 | 2.1 km | 5.8 km |
| Oct 21, 2026, 8:38 AM | 2.3 | 0.3 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 21, 2026, 1:53 PM | 2.6 | 2.5 km | 6.0 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 1:20 PM | 2.1 | 2.4 km | 5.6 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 9:31 AM | 2.0 | 2.5 km | 6.2 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 9:23 AM | 2.9 | 0.9 km | 6.4 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 8:04 AM | 2.3 | 1.9 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 7:48 AM | 2.5 | 2.7 km | 6.5 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 7:28 AM | 2.1 | 2.1 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 7:25 AM | 2.6 | 2 km | 6.8 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 7:22 AM | 2.6 | 2.6 km | 7.9 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 1:29 AM | 2.7 | 2.4 km | 6.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Apr 25, 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. 4 of these report daily to TexNet: 66.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Winkler County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2026usowbc 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/tx2026usowbc, documented in the API reference.