Earthquakes in the Gaines County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 1,027 located permits, padded 0.1°. Events carry no county, so this is an area, and border clusters show up in more than one. The county's disposal wells →
TexNet located 6 M2+ earthquakes in the Gaines County area in the last twelve months, 14% fewer than the year before, 2 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M3.8 on March 5, 2024, 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas.
2,484 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 12 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 279 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
9 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 83,517 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 6
- M2+ events, last 12 months -14%
- 2
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 13
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.8
- largest on record, Mar 5, 2024
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 6 · prior 12 7(-14%)
M2–2.9M3+
By magnitude
M2+ events in the last two years, in half-magnitude steps. Each step up is about 32 times the energy.
- M2.0–2.48
- M2.5–2.92
- M3.0–3.42
- M3.5–3.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 2 | M3.1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | M3.6 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | M3.8 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | M2.7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | M2.2 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | M2.1 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 2,484
- active injection wells
- 11.8M
- bbl/d permitted
- 279M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 83.5K
- bbl/d, 9 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2026, 10:24 AM | 2.4 | 37 km SSW of Lamesa, Texas | 7.4 km |
| Jul 3, 2026, 11:08 PM | 2.8 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 6.6 km |
| Mar 9, 2026, 8:02 PM | 2.4 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 8.2 km |
| Mar 9, 2026, 2:48 PM | 2.1 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Feb 20, 2026, 7:12 PM | 3.0 | 37 km SSW of Lamesa, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Feb 19, 2026, 4:05 AM | 3.1 | 3 km NNW of Denver City, Texas | 3.1 km |
| Sep 1, 2025, 7:02 AM | 2.2 | 37 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas | 8.7 km |
| May 2, 2025, 3:58 AM | 3.6 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 5.8 km |
| Apr 30, 2025, 9:06 AM | 2.1 | 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 6.2 km |
| Apr 29, 2025, 10:27 AM | 2.7 | 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 6.3 km |
| Apr 9, 2025, 4:21 PM | 2.4 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 5.9 km |
| Feb 2, 2025, 1:22 AM | 2.1 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 8.2 km |
| Feb 2, 2025, 1:17 AM | 2.1 | 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 7.2 km |
| Aug 24, 2024, 6:58 PM | 2.0 | 35 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Jun 25, 2024, 7:38 AM | 2.1 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 7.2 km |
| Mar 11, 2024, 5:16 PM | 2.3 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 6.8 km |
| Mar 5, 2024, 1:37 AM | 3.8 | 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 6.3 km |
| Nov 3, 2023, 4:51 AM | 2.7 | 31 km NE of Andrews, Texas | 3.8 km |
| Sep 17, 2023, 10:39 AM | 2.2 | 35 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 11.9 km |
| Jun 30, 2023, 10:11 PM | 2.5 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 7.9 km |
| Jun 29, 2023, 10:28 AM | 2.5 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Jun 9, 2023, 9:33 PM | 2.4 | western Texas | 10.6 km |
| Jun 8, 2023, 11:25 AM | 2.0 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 10.9 km |
| May 2, 2023, 6:10 PM | 2.0 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 11.2 km |
| Feb 7, 2023, 7:46 PM | 2.0 | 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 10.8 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 32.42–33.06°N, 102.11–103.16°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/gaines, documented in the API reference.