EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2026VNVFVR
Magnitude 2.2 15 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
Sunday, November 1, 2026, 5:22:08 PM Central · 2026-11-01 23:22:08 UTC
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 15 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas on November 1, 2026 at 5:22 PM Central, 7.0 km deep, in the Frio County area.
It is one of 382 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 109 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away and operated by Formentera Operations LLC; together they hold 45,800 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.2
- ML, reviewed
- 7.0
- km deep · 22,853 ft
- 109
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 382
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 53
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8270, -98.9500
- County area
- Frio County
- On a map
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- 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 1, 2026, 5:10 PM | 2.4 | 1 km | 7.0 km |
| Nov 1, 2026, 9:40 AM | 2.5 | 1.1 km | 6.7 km |
| Nov 1, 2026, 5:56 AM | 2.0 | 2.4 km | 7.3 km |
| Nov 2, 2026, 9:31 AM | 2.2 | 2.2 km | 7.8 km |
| Oct 31, 2026, 5:11 PM | 2.2 | 2.9 km | 6.9 km |
| Oct 31, 2026, 3:52 AM | 2.2 | 3.2 km | 7.1 km |
| Nov 3, 2026, 9:59 AM | 2.0 | 2.4 km | 7.4 km |
| Oct 30, 2026, 5:43 PM | 2.0 | 2.7 km | 8.1 km |
| Oct 30, 2026, 1:34 PM | 2.0 | 2 km | 8.1 km |
| Oct 30, 2026, 1:24 PM | 2.2 | 1.3 km | 8.0 km |
| Oct 30, 2026, 12:41 PM | 2.3 | 1.7 km | 7.7 km |
| Oct 30, 2026, 1:20 AM | 2.1 | 1.9 km | 7.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Nov 12, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks-Barrett-405-STX #C111VW | Formentera Operations LLC | 000127761 | 1.5 km | 10,000 | 4,685–5,175 |
| Keystone/Keystone Ranch #4 | Oilfield Cleantech Water Rec LLC | 000089858 | 3.9 km | 800 | 4,776–5,368 |
| Mello 308-STX #A311VW | Formentera Operations LLC | 000126923 | 5.6 km | 20,000 | 4,860–5,285 |
| Johnston Ranch #10H | Flint Oak Energy, LLC | 000126695 | 7.5 km | 15,000 | 4,043–4,210 |
Disposal in Frio County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2026vnvfvr 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/tx2026vnvfvr, documented in the API reference.