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EARTHQUAKES · MITCHELL COUNTY

Earthquakes in the Mitchell County area

TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 244 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 66 M2+ earthquakes in the Mitchell County area in the last twelve months, 8% fewer than the year before, 6 of them M3 or more.

The largest on record here was M4.3 on January 26, 2026, 23 km SW of Snyder, Texas.

1,118 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 1.1 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 48 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.

13 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 37,378 barrels a day in August 2026.

66
M2+ events, last 12 months -8%
6
M3+ events, last 12 months
138
M2+ events, last 2 years
M4.3
largest on record, Jan 26, 2026

M2+ events, by month

LAST FIVE YEARS

Last 12 months 79 · prior 12 63(+25%)

0510152023202420252026

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.

  • M2.0–2.499
  • M2.5–2.928
  • M3.0–3.48
  • M3.5–3.91
  • M4.0–4.42

By year

YearM2+M3+Largest
2026454M4.3
2025827M4.3
2024745M3.6
2023320M2.9
202250M2.8

RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily

Disposal in the same county

1,118
active injection wells
1.08M
bbl/d permitted
47.8M
bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
37.4K
bbl/d, 13 daily reporters, Aug 2026

All of Mitchell County's disposal wells and volumes →

Recent events

M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL

WhenMagWhereDepth
Sep 29, 2026, 1:27 PM2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas5.7 km
Sep 25, 2026, 6:41 PM2.217 km SE of Coahoma, Texas5.1 km
Sep 25, 2026, 1:17 PM2.017 km SE of Coahoma, Texas6.3 km
Sep 14, 2026, 12:37 PM2.017 km SE of Forsan, Texas6.2 km
Aug 17, 2026, 1:17 PM2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas7.2 km
Aug 7, 2026, 6:24 PM2.04 km E of Coahoma, Texas6.6 km
Aug 3, 2026, 12:31 PM2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas9.4 km
Jul 24, 2026, 2:13 PM2.114 km SW of Westbrook, Texas6.8 km
Jul 23, 2026, 12:15 PM3.923 km NW of Westbrook, Texas7.7 km
Jul 19, 2026, 6:58 AM2.96 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas7.8 km
Jun 23, 2026, 3:20 PM2.323 km NW of Westbrook, Texas7.1 km
Jun 22, 2026, 2:40 AM2.215 km SE of Coahoma, Texas8.5 km
Jun 9, 2026, 10:45 PM2.65 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas7.8 km
Jun 1, 2026, 6:10 AM2.618 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas9.0 km
May 31, 2026, 9:10 PM2.15 km SW of Westbrook, Texas7.9 km
May 29, 2026, 12:03 PM2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas6.9 km
May 29, 2026, 7:49 AM2.824 km NW of Westbrook, Texas6.4 km
May 6, 2026, 4:48 PM2.36 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas7.9 km
Apr 28, 2026, 6:43 PM2.227 km S of Westbrook, Texas8.4 km
Apr 22, 2026, 2:35 PM2.120 km NW of Westbrook, Texas8.1 km
Apr 21, 2026, 1:08 PM2.225 km S of Westbrook, Texas8.7 km
Apr 20, 2026, 12:35 PM3.326 km S of Westbrook, Texas6.9 km
Apr 20, 2026, 12:34 PM2.327 km S of Westbrook, Texas8.7 km
Apr 7, 2026, 6:41 AM2.026 km S of Westbrook, Texas6.9 km
Apr 6, 2026, 10:51 PM2.07 km NNE of Westbrook, Texas6.8 km

About this data

TexNet catalog events inside 31.99–32.63°N, 100.57–101.28°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.

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