EARTHQUAKES · HUTCHINSON COUNTY
Earthquakes in the Hutchinson County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 74 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 3 M2+ earthquakes in the Hutchinson County area in the last twelve months, up from none the year before.
The largest on record here was M2.5 on December 9, 2025, 4 km E of Skellytown, Texas.
233 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 2.0 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 4.0 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
- 3
- M2+ events, last 12 months
- 0
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 3
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M2.5
- largest on record, Dec 9, 2025
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 5
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.
- M2.0–2.42
- M2.5–2.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | M2.2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | M2.5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | M2.3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | M2.3 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 233
- active injection wells
- 2M
- bbl/d permitted
- 4.04M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2026, 12:15 PM | 2.0 | 12 km SSE of Morse, Texas | 2.3 km |
| May 11, 2026, 1:00 AM | 2.2 | 11 km WNW of Fritch, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Dec 9, 2025, 3:11 PM | 2.5 | 4 km E of Skellytown, Texas | 12.8 km |
| Jun 21, 2023, 2:34 PM | 2.3 | 15 km ESE of Stinnett, Texas | 7.0 km |
| May 20, 2023, 11:13 PM | 2.3 | 18 km WNW of Sanford, Texas | 2.5 km |
| Nov 12, 2021, 8:21 AM | 2.3 | 6 km E of Skellytown, Texas | 7.1 km |
| May 25, 2021, 8:05 AM | 2.1 | 11 km E of Borger, Texas | 4.8 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 35.57–36.12°N, 101.01–101.72°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
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