Earthquakes in the Scurry County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 885 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 30 M2+ earthquakes in the Scurry County area in the last twelve months, 14% fewer than the year before, 3 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M5.1 on July 26, 2024, 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas.
1,529 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 14 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 281 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
13 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 12,505 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 30
- M2+ events, last 12 months -14%
- 3
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 65
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M5.1
- largest on record, Jul 26, 2024
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 30 · prior 12 35(-14%)
M2–2.9M3+month with an M4+ event; M5+ labeled, 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.
- M2.0–2.442
- M2.5–2.916
- M3.0–3.44
- M3.5–3.92
- M4.0–4.41
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 2 | M4.3 |
| 2025 | 32 | 3 | M3.7 |
| 2024 | 154 | 21 | M5.1 |
| 2023 | 153 | 23 | M4.7 |
| 2022 | 42 | 8 | M3.8 |
| 2021 | 63 | 5 | M3.6 |
| 2020 | 4 | 2 | M3.5 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2 | M4.0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 3 | M3.3 |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | M2.8 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 1,529
- active injection wells
- 13.7M
- bbl/d permitted
- 281M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 12.5K
- bbl/d, 13 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026, 11:42 AM | 2.0 | 12 km WSW of Rotan, Texas | 6.7 km |
| Jul 23, 2026, 12:15 PM | 3.9 | 23 km NW of Westbrook, Texas | 7.7 km |
| Jun 23, 2026, 3:20 PM | 2.3 | 23 km NW of Westbrook, Texas | 7.1 km |
| Jun 16, 2026, 12:43 AM | 2.0 | 17 km N of Snyder, Texas | 8.2 km |
| Jun 5, 2026, 10:07 PM | 2.0 | 16 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas | 7.1 km |
| Jun 5, 2026, 10:00 PM | 2.7 | 16 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Jun 5, 2026, 9:45 PM | 2.8 | 16 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas | 6.1 km |
| May 29, 2026, 7:49 AM | 2.8 | 24 km NW of Westbrook, Texas | 6.4 km |
| May 25, 2026, 6:23 AM | 2.1 | 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas | 8.9 km |
| May 3, 2026, 8:49 AM | 2.0 | 15 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Apr 24, 2026, 1:51 PM | 2.1 | 16 km WSW of Rotan, Texas | 6.5 km |
| Apr 22, 2026, 2:35 PM | 2.1 | 20 km NW of Westbrook, Texas | 8.1 km |
| Apr 4, 2026, 8:58 AM | 2.6 | 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Mar 29, 2026, 12:27 AM | 2.9 | 17 km N of Snyder, Texas | 6.8 km |
| Mar 28, 2026, 12:38 AM | 2.5 | 17 km N of Snyder, Texas | 6.8 km |
| Mar 16, 2026, 5:11 AM | 2.6 | 11 km SW of Rotan, Texas | 4.0 km |
| Mar 14, 2026, 1:10 AM | 2.3 | 13 km SW of Rotan, Texas | 3.9 km |
| Mar 11, 2026, 5:44 AM | 2.1 | 10 km W of Rotan, Texas | 7.1 km |
| Feb 25, 2026, 11:08 AM | 2.0 | 14 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas | 6.8 km |
| Feb 13, 2026, 6:51 PM | 2.6 | 23 km SW of Snyder, Texas | 6.8 km |
| Feb 8, 2026, 3:31 AM | 2.3 | 24 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas | 7.2 km |
| Jan 26, 2026, 4:22 AM | 4.3 | 23 km SW of Snyder, Texas | 6.5 km |
| Dec 30, 2025, 10:26 PM | 2.2 | 12 km SW of Rotan, Texas | 3.7 km |
| Dec 24, 2025, 2:17 PM | 2.0 | 11 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas | 7.6 km |
| Dec 21, 2025, 2:54 AM | 2.3 | 20 km NW of Westbrook, Texas | 5.7 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 32.43–33.07°N, 100.56–101.27°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
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