Earthquakes in the Wheeler County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 101 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 Wheeler County area in the last twelve months.
The largest on record here was M3.5 on August 9, 2021, 4 km N of Wheeler, Texas.
71 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 479,937 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 9.9 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, Aug 9, 2021
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 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.
- No M2+ events in the last two years.
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | M2.3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | M2.5 |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | M3.5 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | M2.5 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 71
- active injection wells
- 480K
- bbl/d permitted
- 9.89M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2023, 12:19 PM | 2.1 | 12 km E of Wheeler, Texas | 3.6 km |
| Sep 3, 2023, 1:47 AM | 2.3 | 8 km E of Wheeler, Texas | 3.2 km |
| Jan 15, 2022, 9:24 PM | 2.5 | 8 km NW of Wheeler, Texas | 6.5 km |
| Aug 9, 2021, 8:38 PM | 2.1 | 5 km WSW of Wheeler, Texas | 1.1 km |
| Aug 9, 2021, 7:24 AM | 3.5 | 4 km N of Wheeler, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Aug 8, 2021, 12:08 PM | 2.8 | 3 km N of Wheeler, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Jan 13, 2019, 2:58 PM | 2.5 | 3 km NE of Wheeler, Texas | 5.0 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 35.23–35.72°N, 99.90–100.62°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/wheeler, documented in the API reference.