Earthquakes in the Hale County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 30 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 no M2+ earthquakes in the Hale County area in the last twelve months.
The largest on record here was M2.6 on April 30, 2022, 8 km E of Anton, Texas.
122 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 629,200 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 20 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
1 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 2,809 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 0
- M2+ events, last 12 months
- 0
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 0
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M2.6
- largest on record, Apr 30, 2022
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 1
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.
- No M2+ events in the last two years.
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | M2.6 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 122
- active injection wells
- 629K
- bbl/d permitted
- 20.2M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 2.81K
- bbl/d, 1 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2022, 11:01 PM | 2.6 | 8 km E of Anton, Texas | 2.1 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 33.73–34.39°N, 101.50–102.17°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/hale, documented in the API reference.