Earthquakes in the Hemphill County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 188 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 Hemphill County area in the last twelve months.
The largest on record here was M2.4 on August 18, 2020, 16 km SSW of Higgins, Texas.
43 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 439,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 7.0 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
- 0
- M2+ events, last 12 months
- 0
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 0
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M2.4
- largest on record, Aug 18, 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | M2.1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | M2.4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | M2.3 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 43
- active injection wells
- 439K
- bbl/d permitted
- 7.05M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2023, 5:26 AM | 2.1 | 12 km SSW of Higgins, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Aug 18, 2020, 4:58 AM | 2.4 | 16 km SSW of Higgins, Texas | 5.0 km |
| Jun 9, 2017, 1:04 AM | 2.3 | 17 km NNW of Canadian, Texas | 5.0 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 35.53–36.15°N, 99.92–100.64°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/hemphill, documented in the API reference.