EARTHQUAKES · CULBERSON AREA · TX2026VAEHKM
Magnitude 2.3 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
Sunday, October 25, 2026, 7:56:14 AM Central · 2026-10-25 12:56:14 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico on October 25, 2026 at 7:56 AM Central, 7.4 km deep, in the Culberson County area.
It is one of 3,489 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 57 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.4.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 7.4
- km deep · 24,135 ft
- 57
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 3,489
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 0
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 2
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.6490, -104.4100
- County area
- Culberson 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 25, 2026, 12:37 PM | 2.0 | 4.9 km | 7.0 km |
| Oct 26, 2026, 5:09 AM | 2.6 | 1.4 km | 6.5 km |
| Oct 26, 2026, 5:18 AM | 2.0 | 2.8 km | 6.4 km |
| Oct 28, 2026, 8:40 PM | 2.1 | 7.5 km | 8.6 km |
| Oct 21, 2026, 4:07 AM | 2.5 | 1.5 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 10:48 PM | 2.2 | 2 km | 5.7 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 10:05 PM | 2.8 | 4.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 4:23 PM | 2.2 | 2.4 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 31, 2026, 4:07 AM | 2.2 | 6.6 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 19, 2026, 7:24 AM | 2.0 | 0.9 km | 4.6 km |
| Oct 19, 2026, 3:50 AM | 2.0 | 1.9 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 19, 2026, 3:25 AM | 2.0 | 9.1 km | 7.2 km |
Largest nearby on record: M5.4 on May 4, 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.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km of the epicenter.
Disposal in Culberson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2026vaehkm 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/tx2026vaehkm, documented in the API reference.