Earthquakes in the Howard County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 5,581 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 81 M2+ earthquakes in the Howard County area in the last twelve months, 47% more than the year before, 4 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M4.6 on December 28, 2021, 17 km N of Stanton, Texas.
1,180 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 6.0 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 489 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
102 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 763,437 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 81
- M2+ events, last 12 months +47%
- 4
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 136
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M4.6
- largest on record, Dec 28, 2021
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 82 · prior 12 54(+52%)
M2–2.9M3+month with an M4+ event; M5+ labeled, hover for the rest
By magnitude
M2+ events in the last two years, in half-magnitude steps. Each step up is about 32 times the energy.
- M2.0–2.4105
- M2.5–2.926
- M3.0–3.42
- M3.5–3.92
- M4.0–4.41
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 63 | 4 | M4.3 |
| 2025 | 69 | 1 | M3.0 |
| 2024 | 44 | 1 | M3.1 |
| 2023 | 38 | 5 | M3.5 |
| 2022 | 44 | 11 | M3.9 |
| 2021 | 27 | 6 | M4.6 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | M2.7 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 1,180
- active injection wells
- 5.96M
- bbl/d permitted
- 489M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 763K
- bbl/d, 102 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026, 3:07 PM | 2.3 | 11 km S of Forsan, Texas | 8.0 km |
| Sep 29, 2026, 1:27 PM | 2.1 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 5.7 km |
| Sep 25, 2026, 6:41 PM | 2.2 | 17 km SE of Coahoma, Texas | 5.1 km |
| Sep 25, 2026, 1:17 PM | 2.0 | 17 km SE of Coahoma, Texas | 6.3 km |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:37 PM | 2.0 | 17 km SE of Forsan, Texas | 6.2 km |
| Sep 2, 2026, 10:46 PM | 2.3 | 6 km SE of Ackerly, Texas | 7.3 km |
| Aug 25, 2026, 6:47 PM | 2.2 | 13 km N of Stanton, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Aug 23, 2026, 6:06 PM | 2.8 | 17 km SE of Ackerly, Texas | 6.3 km |
| Aug 23, 2026, 3:57 PM | 2.2 | 12 km W of Forsan, Texas | 6.6 km |
| Aug 23, 2026, 3:57 PM | 2.2 | 12 km W of Forsan, Texas | 3.5 km |
| Aug 17, 2026, 1:17 PM | 2.0 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 7.2 km |
| Aug 9, 2026, 11:28 AM | 2.0 | 9 km WSW of Forsan, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Aug 8, 2026, 3:06 PM | 2.2 | 17 km SE of Ackerly, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Aug 8, 2026, 2:55 PM | 2.3 | 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Aug 8, 2026, 2:55 PM | 2.3 | 17 km SE of Ackerly, Texas | 2.7 km |
| Aug 7, 2026, 6:24 PM | 2.0 | 4 km E of Coahoma, Texas | 6.6 km |
| Aug 7, 2026, 12:45 AM | 2.2 | 14 km E of Stanton, Texas | 8.2 km |
| Aug 5, 2026, 5:37 AM | 2.3 | 11 km S of Forsan, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Aug 3, 2026, 12:31 PM | 2.1 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 9.4 km |
| Jul 30, 2026, 12:04 PM | 2.1 | 9 km SE of Big Spring, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Jul 27, 2026, 12:11 AM | 2.1 | 10 km W of Forsan, Texas | 8.9 km |
| Jul 24, 2026, 2:13 PM | 2.1 | 14 km SW of Westbrook, Texas | 6.8 km |
| Jul 24, 2026, 8:27 AM | 2.2 | 9 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Jul 23, 2026, 12:15 PM | 3.9 | 23 km NW of Westbrook, Texas | 7.7 km |
| Jul 19, 2026, 6:58 AM | 2.9 | 6 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas | 7.8 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 31.99–32.62°N, 101.08–101.79°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/howard, documented in the API reference.