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EARTHQUAKES · WINKLER COUNTY

Earthquakes in the Winkler County area

TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 1,827 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 104 M2+ earthquakes in the Winkler County area in the last twelve months, 96% more than the year before, 6 of them M3 or more.

The largest on record here was M3.9 on April 25, 2024, 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico.

653 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 3.1 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 177 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.

5 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 68,227 barrels a day in August 2026.

104
M2+ events, last 12 months +96%
6
M3+ events, last 12 months
149
M2+ events, last 2 years
M3.9
largest on record, Apr 25, 2024

M2+ events, by month

LAST FIVE YEARS

Last 12 months 111 · prior 12 117(-5%)

02040602023202420252026

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.

  • M2.0–2.493
  • M2.5–2.955
  • M3.0–3.48
  • M3.5–3.91

By year

YearM2+M3+Largest
2026904M3.5
2025675M3.4
2024725M3.9
202390M2.9
2022140M2.9
202110M2.7
202010M2.5
201710M2.6

RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily

Disposal in the same county

653
active injection wells
3.14M
bbl/d permitted
177M
bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
68.2K
bbl/d, 5 daily reporters, Aug 2026

All of Winkler County's disposal wells and volumes →

Recent events

M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL

WhenMagWhereDepth
Oct 30, 2026, 4:01 PM2.117 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico1.9 km
Oct 30, 2026, 4:01 PM2.114 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico7.6 km
Oct 30, 2026, 3:08 PM2.116 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.8 km
Oct 30, 2026, 10:15 AM2.316 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.4 km
Oct 30, 2026, 4:14 AM2.112 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.4 km
Oct 30, 2026, 12:53 AM2.512 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.3 km
Oct 29, 2026, 1:56 AM2.312 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.2 km
Oct 28, 2026, 3:52 AM2.611 km SW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 27, 2026, 9:38 PM2.211 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.8 km
Oct 22, 2026, 5:58 PM2.417 km SW of Jal, New Mexico7.6 km
Oct 21, 2026, 1:53 PM2.616 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.0 km
Oct 21, 2026, 8:38 AM2.318 km SW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 21, 2026, 4:35 AM2.018 km SW of Jal, New Mexico6.0 km
Oct 21, 2026, 4:33 AM2.616 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico5.8 km
Oct 20, 2026, 1:20 PM2.116 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico5.6 km
Oct 20, 2026, 9:31 AM2.016 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.2 km
Oct 20, 2026, 9:23 AM2.917 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.4 km
Oct 20, 2026, 8:04 AM2.316 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 20, 2026, 7:48 AM2.515 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.5 km
Oct 20, 2026, 7:28 AM2.116 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 20, 2026, 7:25 AM2.616 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.8 km
Oct 20, 2026, 7:22 AM2.616 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico7.9 km
Oct 20, 2026, 1:29 AM2.716 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.8 km
Oct 20, 2026, 1:27 AM2.016 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km
Oct 20, 2026, 12:45 AM2.216 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico6.1 km

About this data

TexNet catalog events inside 31.55–32.16°N, 102.70–103.43°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.

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