Earthquakes in the McMullen County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 1,331 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 18 M2+ earthquakes in the McMullen County area in the last twelve months, 14% fewer than the year before.
The largest on record here was M3.3 on October 26, 2022, 11 km NW of Tilden, Texas.
50 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 387,860 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 36 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
- 18
- M2+ events, last 12 months -14%
- 0
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 39
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.3
- largest on record, Oct 26, 2022
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 39 · prior 12 43(-9%)
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.
- M2.0–2.433
- M2.5–2.96
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 0 | M2.8 |
| 2025 | 22 | 0 | M2.7 |
| 2024 | 26 | 0 | M2.9 |
| 2023 | 19 | 0 | M2.8 |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 | M3.3 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 | M3.1 |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | M2.6 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | M2.4 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 50
- active injection wells
- 388K
- bbl/d permitted
- 36.4M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026, 9:47 PM | 2.1 | 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas | 8.9 km |
| May 18, 2026, 5:29 AM | 2.0 | 20 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas | 8.3 km |
| May 15, 2026, 11:25 AM | 2.1 | 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas | 7.6 km |
| Feb 26, 2026, 6:29 PM | 2.1 | 20 km WNW of Three Rivers, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Feb 11, 2026, 9:11 AM | 2.1 | 9 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas | 4.0 km |
| Feb 10, 2026, 8:35 AM | 2.1 | 8 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas | 3.4 km |
| Feb 5, 2026, 5:34 AM | 2.0 | 10 km SE of Fowlerton, Texas | 6.1 km |
| Feb 3, 2026, 10:57 PM | 2.1 | 11 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas | 5.5 km |
| Feb 2, 2026, 6:23 AM | 2.0 | 10 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas | 7.3 km |
| Jan 21, 2026, 12:18 PM | 2.0 | 9 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas | 4.8 km |
| Jan 20, 2026, 11:20 PM | 2.3 | 9 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas | 9.3 km |
| Jan 20, 2026, 6:55 PM | 2.2 | 11 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas | 5.8 km |
| Jan 20, 2026, 8:10 AM | 2.3 | 11 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas | 5.6 km |
| Jan 19, 2026, 10:26 PM | 2.8 | 12 km SE of Fowlerton, Texas | 6.7 km |
| Jan 19, 2026, 4:49 PM | 2.1 | 11 km SE of Fowlerton, Texas | 7.4 km |
| Dec 22, 2025, 7:50 AM | 2.5 | 18 km SW of Charlotte, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Dec 18, 2025, 7:15 AM | 2.6 | 17 km SW of Charlotte, Texas | 6.5 km |
| Dec 4, 2025, 6:00 PM | 2.2 | 13 km SE of Tilden, Texas | 13.8 km |
| Sep 25, 2025, 3:23 PM | 2.2 | 19 km SW of Charlotte, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Sep 18, 2025, 9:06 PM | 2.2 | 22 km NNW of Fowlerton, Texas | 8.2 km |
| Aug 14, 2025, 5:42 PM | 2.1 | 20 km SW of Charlotte, Texas | 7.9 km |
| Jul 26, 2025, 7:58 PM | 2.1 | 22 km NNW of Three Rivers, Texas | 5.2 km |
| Jul 26, 2025, 5:10 AM | 2.5 | 22 km NNW of Three Rivers, Texas | 5.1 km |
| Apr 11, 2025, 6:58 PM | 2.1 | 22 km NNW of Three Rivers, Texas | 5.1 km |
| Mar 18, 2025, 3:42 AM | 2.0 | 12 km S of Fowlerton, Texas | 4.9 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 27.96–28.75°N, 98.24–98.90°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/mcmullen, documented in the API reference.