EARTHQUAKES · LOVING AREA · US70008HMQ
Magnitude 3.1 42 km W of Mentone, Texas
Friday, March 27, 2020, 8:22:07 PM Central · 2020-03-28 01:22:07 UTC
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake 42 km W of Mentone, Texas on March 27, 2020 at 8:22 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Loving County area.
It is one of 617 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 8 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.4.
12 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.1 km away and operated by Waterbridge Stateline LLC; together they hold 290,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
19 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 168,012 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.1
- ML, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 8
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 617
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 12
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 383
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.7043, -104.0476
- 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, 4:36 PM | 3.5 | 1.8 km | 5.8 km |
| Mar 27, 2020, 2:47 PM | 2.7 | 2.3 km | 5.3 km |
| Mar 27, 2020, 4:53 AM | 2.7 | 1.1 km | 2.0 km |
| Mar 28, 2020, 8:27 PM | 3.5 | 1.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 1:52 PM | 3.1 | 1.6 km | 6.7 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 1:29 PM | 3.0 | 0.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 11:16 AM | 3.2 | 2 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 10:16 AM | 5.0 | 1.5 km | 9.5 km |
| Mar 26, 2020, 3:52 AM | 3.8 | 2.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 14, 2020, 5:17 AM | 3.1 | 2.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 18, 2020, 7:28 AM | 3.9 | 3.5 km | 5.0 km |
| May 13, 2020, 3:39 PM | 3.0 | 0.6 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. 19 of these report daily to TexNet: 168K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Mine SWD #1 | Waterbridge Stateline LLC | 000115842 | 2.1 km | 20,000 | 3,100–5,900 |
| Central 27 #1D | Waterbridge Stateline LLC | 000119421 | 3.4 km | 20,000 | 2,680–6,175 |
| Salt Mine Two #1 | Waterbridge Stateline LLC | 000118343 | 3.8 km | 20,000 | 3,650–5,650 |
| HSS State 45-18X7 #1H | Waterbridge Stateline LLC | 000114509 | 3.9 km | 30,000 | 3,300–5,760 |
| Bighorn SWD #1 | Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC | 000123436 | 4.7 km | 10,000 | 3,100–6,050 |
| Liberator State SWD #1 | 1920 Engy, LLC | 000114239 | 6.1 km | 30,000 | 3,250–4,575 |
| Tplt 57-43 #1D | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000111440 | 7.7 km | 20,000 | 3,000–4,525 |
| Pennybacker SWD #1 | Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC | 000114955 | 8 km | 30,000 | 2,600–6,000 |
| Javelina SWD #1 | Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC | 000120669 | 8.1 km | 30,000 | 3,050–6,000 |
| Rustler Hills State 111-14 SWD #1 | 1920 Engy, LLC | 000113646 | 8.5 km | 20,000 | 2,700–5,500 |
| Ringtail SWD #1 | Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC | 000119482 | 8.8 km | 30,000 | 3,200–6,150 |
| Broken Spoke SWD #1 | Petro-Hunt Permian, LLC | 000113736 | 9.7 km | 30,000 | 3,100–6,450 |
Disposal in Loving County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event us70008hmq, 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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