Earthquakes in the Rusk County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 333 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 no M2+ earthquakes in the Rusk County area in the last twelve months.
The largest on record here was M3.5 on September 4, 2018, 7 km NNW of Timpson, Texas.
160 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 1.1 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 103 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
- 0
- M2+ events, last 12 months
- 0
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 0
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.5
- largest on record, Sep 4, 2018
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 0
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.
- No M2+ events in the last two years.
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | M2.5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | M2.6 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | M3.5 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 160
- active injection wells
- 1.06M
- bbl/d permitted
- 103M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2020, 1:52 AM | 2.5 | 6 km NW of Timpson, Texas | 5.0 km |
| Jul 26, 2019, 11:01 PM | 2.6 | 6 km SSW of Timpson, Texas | 5.0 km |
| Sep 4, 2018, 10:06 AM | 3.5 | 7 km NNW of Timpson, Texas | 5.0 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 31.79–32.49°N, 94.39–95.08°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/rusk, documented in the API reference.