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EARTHQUAKES · LOVING COUNTY

Earthquakes in the Loving County area

TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 6,315 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 225 M2+ earthquakes in the Loving County area in the last twelve months, 10% more than the year before, 11 of them M3 or more.

The largest on record here was M5.4 on November 16, 2022, Coalson Draw, Texas.

342 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 9.6 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 1.3 billion barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.

33 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 667,313 barrels a day in August 2026.

225
M2+ events, last 12 months +10%
11
M3+ events, last 12 months
420
M2+ events, last 2 years
M5.4
largest on record, Nov 16, 2022

M2+ events, by month

LAST FIVE YEARS

Last 12 months 226 · prior 12 204(+11%)

05010015020222023202420252026M5.4M5.2

M2–2.9M3+month with an M4+ event; M5+ labelled, 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.

  • M2.0–2.4291
  • M2.5–2.9113
  • M3.0–3.420
  • M3.5–3.95

By year

YearM2+M3+Largest
20262089M3.7
202518415M3.7
202428520M3.9
202341535M5.2
202246349M5.4
202118223M4.4
20202613M5.0
201920M2.7
201810M2.7

RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily

Disposal in the same county

342
active injection wells
9.59M
bbl/d permitted
1.27B
bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
667K
bbl/d, 33 daily reporters, Aug 2026

All of Loving County's disposal wells and volumes →

Recent events

M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL

WhenMagWhereDepth
Oct 31, 2026, 2:39 PM2.437 km NNW of Toyah, Texas7.6 km
Oct 31, 2026, 2:39 PM2.436 km NNW of Toyah, Texas8.6 km
Oct 30, 2026, 4:01 PM2.117 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico1.9 km
Oct 30, 2026, 4:01 PM2.114 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico7.6 km
Oct 30, 2026, 3:08 PM2.116 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.8 km
Oct 30, 2026, 10:15 AM2.316 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.4 km
Oct 30, 2026, 4:14 AM2.112 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.4 km
Oct 30, 2026, 12:53 AM2.512 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.3 km
Oct 29, 2026, 1:56 AM2.312 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.2 km
Oct 28, 2026, 3:52 AM2.611 km SW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 27, 2026, 9:38 PM2.211 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.8 km
Oct 26, 2026, 2:38 PM2.637 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico7.9 km
Oct 24, 2026, 5:34 AM2.334 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico7.1 km
Oct 22, 2026, 5:58 PM2.417 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.6 km
Oct 21, 2026, 1:53 PM2.616 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.0 km
Oct 21, 2026, 8:38 AM2.318 km SW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 21, 2026, 4:35 AM2.018 km SW of Jal, New Mexico6.0 km
Oct 21, 2026, 4:33 AM2.616 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico5.8 km
Oct 20, 2026, 1:20 PM2.116 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico5.6 km
Oct 20, 2026, 9:31 AM2.016 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.2 km
Oct 20, 2026, 9:23 AM2.917 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.4 km
Oct 20, 2026, 8:04 AM2.316 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 20, 2026, 7:48 AM2.515 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.5 km
Oct 20, 2026, 7:28 AM2.116 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 20, 2026, 7:25 AM2.616 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.8 km

About this data

TexNet catalog events inside 31.55–32.12°N, 103.23–104.07°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.

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