Earthquakes in the Upton County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 4,201 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 28 M2+ earthquakes in the Upton County area in the last twelve months, 133% more than the year before, 6 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M3.8 on August 15, 2024, 28 km SW of Garden City, Texas.
589 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 3.9 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 208 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
12 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 61,427 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 28
- M2+ events, last 12 months +133%
- 6
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 39
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.8
- largest on record, Aug 15, 2024
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 39
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.
- M2.0–2.422
- M2.5–2.911
- M3.0–3.45
- M3.5–3.92
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 5 | M3.6 |
| 2025 | 15 | 2 | M3.4 |
| 2024 | 15 | 4 | M3.8 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | M3.2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | M2.0 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 589
- active injection wells
- 3.91M
- bbl/d permitted
- 208M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 61.4K
- bbl/d, 12 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026, 5:30 PM | 2.0 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 7.4 km |
| Oct 23, 2026, 6:51 PM | 2.0 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 6.6 km |
| Sep 25, 2026, 3:00 PM | 2.3 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 5.4 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 5:35 PM | 2.3 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 4.6 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 3:57 PM | 2.8 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 4.9 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 3:33 PM | 3.2 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 5.5 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:23 PM | 2.7 | 31 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 6.2 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 4:38 AM | 2.7 | 30 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 8.9 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 4:36 AM | 3.0 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 5.4 km |
| Sep 24, 2026, 3:36 AM | 3.6 | 32 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 5.5 km |
| Sep 10, 2026, 10:21 PM | 2.0 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Sep 10, 2026, 10:21 PM | 2.0 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 2.9 km |
| Sep 8, 2026, 6:42 PM | 2.4 | 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Sep 8, 2026, 6:22 PM | 2.7 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 6.4 km |
| Sep 5, 2026, 9:46 AM | 3.6 | 26 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 6.8 km |
| Aug 15, 2026, 1:19 PM | 2.5 | 37 km SSE of Midland, Texas | 3.2 km |
| Aug 1, 2026, 5:25 AM | 2.4 | 23 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 8.0 km |
| Aug 1, 2026, 5:16 AM | 2.8 | 23 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 8.3 km |
| Aug 1, 2026, 5:12 AM | 2.7 | 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 7.3 km |
| Jul 22, 2026, 4:07 AM | 2.5 | 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 7.4 km |
| Jul 18, 2026, 6:52 AM | 2.0 | 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Jul 17, 2026, 3:30 PM | 2.3 | 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Jul 16, 2026, 5:57 PM | 3.3 | 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 7.1 km |
| Feb 11, 2026, 11:27 PM | 2.1 | 27 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 9.4 km |
| Nov 26, 2025, 4:19 PM | 2.1 | 27 km SW of Garden City, Texas | 8.8 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 30.99–31.75°N, 101.67–102.42°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
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