Earthquakes in the Sterling County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 60 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 43 M2+ earthquakes in the Sterling County area in the last twelve months, 17% fewer than the year before, 3 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M3.4 on December 22, 2025, 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas.
97 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 229,750 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 3.9 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
- 43
- M2+ events, last 12 months -17%
- 3
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 95
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.4
- largest on record, Dec 22, 2025
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 48 · prior 12 51(-6%)
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.
- M2.0–2.475
- M2.5–2.915
- M3.0–3.45
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 2 | M3.3 |
| 2025 | 60 | 3 | M3.4 |
| 2024 | 57 | 4 | M3.3 |
| 2023 | 24 | 0 | M2.9 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 97
- active injection wells
- 230K
- bbl/d permitted
- 3.94M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 2026, 1:27 PM | 2.1 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 5.7 km |
| Sep 25, 2026, 6:41 PM | 2.2 | 17 km SE of Coahoma, Texas | 5.1 km |
| Sep 25, 2026, 1:17 PM | 2.0 | 17 km SE of Coahoma, Texas | 6.3 km |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:37 PM | 2.0 | 17 km SE of Forsan, Texas | 6.2 km |
| Aug 17, 2026, 1:17 PM | 2.0 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 7.2 km |
| Aug 3, 2026, 12:31 PM | 2.1 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 9.4 km |
| Jun 22, 2026, 2:40 AM | 2.2 | 15 km SE of Coahoma, Texas | 8.5 km |
| May 29, 2026, 12:03 PM | 2.1 | 25 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Apr 28, 2026, 6:43 PM | 2.2 | 27 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Apr 21, 2026, 1:08 PM | 2.2 | 25 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Apr 20, 2026, 12:35 PM | 3.3 | 26 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Apr 20, 2026, 12:34 PM | 2.3 | 27 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Apr 7, 2026, 6:41 AM | 2.0 | 26 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Mar 28, 2026, 7:50 AM | 2.0 | 24 km E of Forsan, Texas | 5.9 km |
| Mar 21, 2026, 5:36 PM | 2.4 | 22 km ESE of Forsan, Texas | 8.5 km |
| Mar 12, 2026, 4:00 AM | 2.0 | 19 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Mar 3, 2026, 6:20 AM | 2.9 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 8.2 km |
| Mar 2, 2026, 6:38 PM | 2.2 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 8.9 km |
| Feb 17, 2026, 10:20 AM | 2.3 | 23 km SE of Coahoma, Texas | 9.6 km |
| Jan 9, 2026, 3:49 PM | 2.1 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 7.2 km |
| Jan 8, 2026, 10:51 PM | 2.1 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 6.3 km |
| Jan 6, 2026, 3:49 AM | 2.1 | 23 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 5.4 km |
| Jan 2, 2026, 2:18 PM | 2.0 | 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas | 8.9 km |
| Jan 2, 2026, 2:11 PM | 2.3 | 23 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 5.0 km |
| Jan 2, 2026, 1:10 PM | 2.0 | 23 km S of Westbrook, Texas | 9.0 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 31.46–32.19°N, 100.73–101.35°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/sterling, documented in the API reference.