Earthquakes in the Karnes County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 3,783 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 55 M2+ earthquakes in the Karnes County area in the last twelve months, 40% fewer than the year before, 5 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M4.6 on January 30, 2025, 18 km ENE of Falls City, Texas.
41 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 706,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 77 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
7 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 61,855 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 55
- M2+ events, last 12 months -40%
- 5
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 146
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M4.6
- largest on record, Jan 30, 2025
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 55 · prior 12 93(-41%)
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.
- M2.0–2.4108
- M2.5–2.923
- M3.0–3.411
- M3.5–3.93
- M4.5–4.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 5 | M3.6 |
| 2025 | 87 | 10 | M4.6 |
| 2024 | 130 | 18 | M4.5 |
| 2023 | 110 | 9 | M4.1 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2 | M3.0 |
| 2021 | 65 | 6 | M3.4 |
| 2020 | 41 | 1 | M3.1 |
| 2019 | 68 | 4 | M3.6 |
| 2018 | 65 | 10 | M4.0 |
| 2017 | 10 | 1 | M3.0 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 41
- active injection wells
- 707K
- bbl/d permitted
- 77.1M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 61.9K
- bbl/d, 7 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2026, 2:12 PM | 2.8 | 19 km S of Nixon, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Oct 18, 2026, 12:55 AM | 2.2 | 18 km S of Nixon, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Oct 6, 2026, 7:25 AM | 2.7 | 8 km ESE of Smiley, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 AM | 2.2 | 5 km S of Falls City, Texas | 7.3 km |
| Sep 27, 2026, 9:14 AM | 2.3 | 4 km S of Falls City, Texas | 7.4 km |
| Sep 27, 2026, 8:54 AM | 2.3 | 4 km S of Falls City, Texas | 8.1 km |
| Sep 19, 2026, 5:56 PM | 2.8 | 14 km SSW of Smiley, Texas | 9.1 km |
| Sep 18, 2026, 11:33 PM | 2.4 | 15 km SSW of Smiley, Texas | 8.3 km |
| Sep 12, 2026, 7:29 AM | 2.4 | 12 km SSW of Falls City, Texas | 9.7 km |
| Sep 3, 2026, 1:48 PM | 2.6 | 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas | 8.9 km |
| Sep 1, 2026, 2:23 PM | 2.8 | 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Sep 1, 2026, 9:26 AM | 3.6 | 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas | 8.6 km |
| Aug 20, 2026, 2:33 PM | 2.0 | 11 km ENE of Falls City, Texas | 8.6 km |
| Jun 13, 2026, 12:48 AM | 2.1 | 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas | 8.1 km |
| May 26, 2026, 8:22 AM | 2.9 | 19 km S of Nixon, Texas | 6.8 km |
| May 21, 2026, 1:24 PM | 2.3 | 19 km NNW of Three Rivers, Texas | 4.6 km |
| May 6, 2026, 4:34 PM | 2.1 | 6 km ENE of Falls City, Texas | 8.9 km |
| May 1, 2026, 2:00 PM | 2.1 | 10 km ENE of Falls City, Texas | 6.3 km |
| May 1, 2026, 1:42 PM | 2.2 | 9 km ENE of Falls City, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Apr 30, 2026, 11:15 AM | 2.2 | 5 km E of Falls City, Texas | 7.7 km |
| Apr 29, 2026, 11:34 PM | 2.0 | 4 km ENE of Falls City, Texas | 8.0 km |
| Apr 29, 2026, 5:42 PM | 2.2 | 5 km ENE of Falls City, Texas | 8.1 km |
| Apr 29, 2026, 4:48 PM | 2.1 | 5 km E of Falls City, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Apr 11, 2026, 8:24 PM | 2.8 | 18 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas | 6.0 km |
| Apr 11, 2026, 8:23 PM | 2.1 | 18 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas | 6.8 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 28.57–29.30°N, 97.52–98.27°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/karnes, documented in the API reference.