EARTHQUAKES · LOVING AREA · US60007KZZ
Magnitude 3.6 39 km W of Mentone, Texas
Thursday, January 30, 2020, 9:25:51 PM Central · 2020-01-31 03:25:51 UTC
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake 39 km W of Mentone, Texas on January 30, 2020 at 9:25 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Loving County area.
It is one of 476 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.4.
14 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.1 km away and operated by Waterbridge Stateline LLC; together they hold 300,250 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
24 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 240,995 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.6
- MWR, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 476
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 14
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 543
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.7083, -104.0187
- County area
- Loving County
- On a map
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- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 30, 2020, 9:27 PM | 3.6 | 1 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 30, 2020, 9:29 PM | 2.7 | 1 km | 7.9 km |
| Feb 18, 2020, 7:28 AM | 3.9 | 2.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 3:52 AM | 3.8 | 0.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 10:16 AM | 5.0 | 2.4 km | 9.5 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 11:16 AM | 3.2 | 1.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 1:29 PM | 3.0 | 3.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 1:52 PM | 3.1 | 1.4 km | 6.7 km |
| Mar 27, 2020, 4:53 AM | 2.7 | 3.7 km | 2.0 km |
| Mar 27, 2020, 2:47 PM | 2.7 | 1.2 km | 5.3 km |
| Mar 27, 2020, 4:36 PM | 3.5 | 4.5 km | 5.8 km |
| Mar 27, 2020, 8:22 PM | 3.1 | 2.8 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M5.4 on Nov 16, 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. 24 of these report daily to TexNet: 241K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Loving County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us60007kzz from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by the network its id names 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/us60007kzz, documented in the API reference.