Earthquakes in the Pecos County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 2,093 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 41 M2+ earthquakes in the Pecos County area in the last twelve months, 2% fewer than the year before, 2 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M3.6 on October 7, 2026, 10 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas.
719 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 9.5 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 329 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
3 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 7,534 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 41
- M2+ events, last 12 months -2%
- 2
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 83
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.6
- largest on record, Oct 7, 2026
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 42 · prior 12 41(+2%)
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.
- M2.0–2.465
- M2.5–2.914
- M3.0–3.43
- M3.5–3.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 40 | 2 | M3.6 |
| 2025 | 40 | 1 | M3.0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 3 | M3.3 |
| 2023 | 57 | 1 | M3.5 |
| 2022 | 76 | 4 | M3.3 |
| 2021 | 90 | 10 | M3.3 |
| 2020 | 41 | 13 | M3.6 |
| 2019 | 48 | 7 | M3.3 |
| 2018 | 42 | 11 | M3.4 |
| 2017 | 38 | 14 | M3.3 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 719
- active injection wells
- 9.5M
- bbl/d permitted
- 329M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 7.53K
- bbl/d, 3 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026, 1:39 PM | 2.0 | 19 km W of Coyanosa, Texas | 3.1 km |
| Oct 9, 2026, 2:04 PM | 2.2 | 38 km E of Balmorhea, Texas | 9.7 km |
| Oct 7, 2026, 12:17 PM | 3.6 | 10 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas | 2.5 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 9:39 AM | 2.9 | 37 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas | 3.4 km |
| Sep 21, 2026, 11:37 PM | 2.2 | 28 km SE of Balmorhea, Texas | 2.2 km |
| Sep 20, 2026, 2:23 PM | 2.6 | 8 km SSE of Barstow, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Sep 19, 2026, 5:20 PM | 2.1 | 17 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Sep 13, 2026, 7:50 AM | 2.0 | 29 km E of Balmorhea, Texas | 0.9 km |
| Sep 9, 2026, 2:45 AM | 2.1 | 31 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas | 5.6 km |
| Sep 8, 2026, 6:43 PM | 2.1 | 12 km NE of Coyanosa, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:31 AM | 2.1 | 37 km SE of Balmorhea, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Aug 30, 2026, 10:48 PM | 2.2 | 17 km ESE of Barstow, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Aug 30, 2026, 8:21 PM | 2.2 | 13 km S of Coyanosa, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Aug 29, 2026, 4:45 PM | 2.1 | 25 km S of Lindsay, Texas | 1.4 km |
| Aug 14, 2026, 6:34 PM | 2.8 | 22 km SE of Lindsay, Texas | 5.5 km |
| Aug 4, 2026, 5:52 AM | 2.0 | 28 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas | 2.7 km |
| Aug 3, 2026, 2:15 PM | 2.5 | 22 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas | 3.1 km |
| Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 AM | 2.0 | 19 km SSE of Barstow, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Jul 30, 2026, 10:44 PM | 2.0 | 13 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas | 8.0 km |
| Jul 29, 2026, 6:40 PM | 2.1 | 24 km SE of Balmorhea, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Jul 1, 2026, 8:06 AM | 2.1 | 32 km W of Fort Stockton, Texas | 4.6 km |
| May 26, 2026, 5:52 PM | 2.0 | 25 km SE of Lindsay, Texas | 4.8 km |
| May 20, 2026, 10:03 PM | 2.6 | 10 km SSE of Coyanosa, Texas | 4.2 km |
| May 4, 2026, 6:12 PM | 3.1 | 10 km SE of Coyanosa, Texas | 5.6 km |
| Apr 24, 2026, 2:56 PM | 2.2 | 4 km ENE of Lindsay, Texas | 5.2 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 30.36–31.45°N, 101.74–103.58°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
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