EARTHQUAKES · LOVING AREA · US70008HJQ
Magnitude 3.5 44 km W of Mentone, Texas
Friday, March 27, 2020, 4:36:20 PM Central · 2020-03-27 21:36:20 UTC
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake 44 km W of Mentone, Texas on March 27, 2020 at 4:36 PM Central, 5.8 km deep, in the Loving County area.
It is one of 816 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 7 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.4.
13 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.7 km away and operated by Waterbridge Stateline LLC; together they hold 310,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
15 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 135,529 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.5
- MWR, reviewed
- 5.8
- km deep · 19,128 ft
- 7
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 816
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 13
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 335
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.6969, -104.0642
- County area
- Loving County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2020, 2:47 PM | 2.7 | 3.8 km | 5.3 km |
| Mar 27, 2020, 8:22 PM | 3.1 | 1.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 27, 2020, 4:53 AM | 2.7 | 1.5 km | 2.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 1:52 PM | 3.1 | 3.2 km | 6.7 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 1:29 PM | 3.0 | 1.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 28, 2020, 8:27 PM | 3.5 | 3.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 11:16 AM | 3.2 | 3.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 10:16 AM | 5.0 | 3.1 km | 9.5 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 3:52 AM | 3.8 | 4 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 14, 2020, 5:17 AM | 3.1 | 3.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 18, 2020, 7:28 AM | 3.9 | 5.2 km | 5.0 km |
| May 13, 2020, 3:39 PM | 3.0 | 1.2 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. 15 of these report daily to TexNet: 136K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Loving County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event us70008hjq, as published by the 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.
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