Earthquakes in the Martin County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 9,204 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 156 M2+ earthquakes in the Martin County area in the last twelve months, 14% more than the year before, 10 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M5.2 on December 16, 2022, Range Hill, Texas.
301 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 5.1 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 364 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
153 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 989,485 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 156
- M2+ events, last 12 months +14%
- 10
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 293
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M5.2
- largest on record, Dec 16, 2022
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 142 · prior 12 147(-3%)
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.
- M2.0–2.4194
- M2.5–2.974
- M3.0–3.421
- M3.5–3.93
- M4.5–4.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 134 | 8 | M3.8 |
| 2025 | 142 | 15 | M4.8 |
| 2024 | 137 | 20 | M5.1 |
| 2023 | 119 | 17 | M4.2 |
| 2022 | 96 | 18 | M5.2 |
| 2021 | 119 | 18 | M4.6 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6 | M4.0 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | M2.8 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 301
- active injection wells
- 5.12M
- bbl/d permitted
- 364M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 989K
- bbl/d, 153 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026, 11:34 AM | 2.3 | 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas | 8.5 km |
| Nov 1, 2026, 2:16 AM | 2.7 | 10 km WSW of Stanton, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Oct 31, 2026, 12:31 PM | 2.1 | 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Oct 25, 2026, 7:35 PM | 2.3 | 10 km WSW of Stanton, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Oct 23, 2026, 8:22 PM | 2.2 | 18 km NNE of Midland, Texas | 6.4 km |
| Oct 21, 2026, 1:02 AM | 2.1 | 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas | 8.6 km |
| Oct 20, 2026, 2:45 PM | 2.5 | 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Oct 19, 2026, 1:28 AM | 2.2 | 8 km NW of Stanton, Texas | 6.1 km |
| Oct 17, 2026, 5:11 PM | 3.1 | 8 km NW of Stanton, Texas | 6.5 km |
| Oct 11, 2026, 1:40 PM | 2.1 | 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Oct 10, 2026, 11:27 PM | 2.1 | 21 km NNW of Midland, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Oct 7, 2026, 3:54 AM | 2.1 | 39 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas | 9.2 km |
| Oct 5, 2026, 7:27 AM | 2.7 | 21 km NNW of Midland, Texas | 10.7 km |
| Sep 30, 2026, 5:25 AM | 3.1 | 20 km WNW of Stanton, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Sep 26, 2026, 10:24 AM | 2.4 | 37 km SSW of Lamesa, Texas | 7.4 km |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:08 AM | 3.0 | 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas | 7.2 km |
| Sep 22, 2026, 9:16 PM | 2.8 | 35 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Sep 21, 2026, 3:45 AM | 2.1 | 15 km NNE of Midland, Texas | 7.9 km |
| Sep 21, 2026, 2:50 AM | 2.1 | 15 km NNE of Midland, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 AM | 2.4 | 18 km NW of Midland, Texas | 8.3 km |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:21 AM | 2.5 | 19 km NW of Midland, Texas | 4.1 km |
| Sep 8, 2026, 4:30 PM | 2.0 | 18 km NNE of Midland, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Sep 8, 2026, 10:31 AM | 2.2 | 17 km NNE of Midland, Texas | 9.3 km |
| Sep 7, 2026, 8:57 AM | 2.1 | 23 km SW of Ackerly, Texas | 8.9 km |
| Sep 5, 2026, 6:27 AM | 2.1 | 23 km SW of Ackerly, Texas | 8.8 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 31.99–32.63°N, 101.59–102.31°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
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