Earthquakes in the Midland County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 9,672 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 131 M2+ earthquakes in the Midland County area in the last twelve months, 66% more than the year before, 11 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M3.8 on August 15, 2024, 28 km SW of Garden City, Texas.
315 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 4.8 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 399 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
68 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 438,376 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 131
- M2+ events, last 12 months +66%
- 11
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 205
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.8
- largest on record, Aug 15, 2024
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 120 · prior 12 89(+35%)
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.
- M2.0–2.4132
- M2.5–2.962
- M3.0–3.414
- M3.5–3.92
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119 | 9 | M3.6 |
| 2025 | 84 | 7 | M3.4 |
| 2024 | 44 | 4 | M3.8 |
| 2023 | 36 | 4 | M3.5 |
| 2022 | 47 | 7 | M3.4 |
| 2021 | 107 | 14 | M3.7 |
| 2020 | 40 | 10 | M3.3 |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | M2.8 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | M2.8 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 315
- active injection wells
- 4.84M
- bbl/d permitted
- 399M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 438K
- bbl/d, 68 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 3, 2026, 9:37 AM | 2.4 | 10 km S of Midland, Texas | 7.0 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 26, 2026, 5:30 PM | 2.0 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 7.4 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 23, 2026, 6:51 PM | 2.0 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 6.6 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 10, 2026, 11:27 PM | 2.1 | 21 km NNW of Midland, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Oct 5, 2026, 7:27 AM | 2.7 | 21 km NNW of Midland, Texas | 10.7 km |
| Sep 25, 2026, 3:00 PM | 2.3 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 5.4 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 5:35 PM | 2.3 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 4.6 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 3:57 PM | 2.8 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 4.9 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 3:33 PM | 3.2 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 5.5 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:23 PM | 2.7 | 31 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 6.2 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 4:38 AM | 2.7 | 30 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 8.9 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 4:36 AM | 3.0 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 5.4 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 3:36 AM | 3.6 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 5.5 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 10, 2026, 10:21 PM | 2.0 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 8.7 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 31.55–32.19°N, 101.68–102.39°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
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