EARTHQUAKES · GLASSCOCK AREA · TX2026VSIKDC
Magnitude 2.5 24 km W of Garden City, Texas
Wednesday, November 4, 2026, 4:17:33 AM Central · 2026-11-04 10:17:33 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 24 km W of Garden City, Texas on November 4, 2026 at 4:17 AM Central, 7.1 km deep, in the Glasscock County area.
It is one of 34 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 Oxyrock Operating, LLC; together they hold 249,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
15 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 78,537 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.5
- ML, reviewed
- 7.1
- km deep · 23,310 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 34
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 1,212
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.8800, -101.7380
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026, 1:30 AM | 2.6 | 4.7 km | 8.4 km |
| May 19, 2026, 5:55 AM | 3.2 | 8.1 km | 9.4 km |
| Feb 28, 2026, 5:01 PM | 2.0 | 2 km | 8.9 km |
| Feb 7, 2026, 12:43 AM | 2.0 | 4.2 km | 5.9 km |
| Feb 1, 2026, 4:41 PM | 2.5 | 1.9 km | 8.3 km |
| Jan 23, 2026, 8:26 PM | 2.1 | 2 km | 6.7 km |
| Aug 15, 2025, 7:06 PM | 2.6 | 0.2 km | 7.3 km |
| Apr 12, 2025, 5:09 AM | 2.0 | 8.2 km | 7.9 km |
| Mar 14, 2025, 8:21 AM | 2.2 | 2.6 km | 6.9 km |
| Mar 13, 2025, 10:28 PM | 2.5 | 1.8 km | 7.9 km |
| Feb 14, 2025, 11:32 PM | 2.2 | 0.6 km | 7.7 km |
| Dec 18, 2024, 8:35 PM | 2.2 | 6.4 km | 8.9 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. 15 of these report daily to TexNet: 78.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Glasscock County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2026vsikdc 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/tx2026vsikdc, documented in the API reference.