Earthquakes in the Zavala County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 383 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 13 M2+ earthquakes in the Zavala County area in the last twelve months, 1200% more than the year before, 1 of them M3 or more.
The largest on record here was M3.5 on October 17, 2026, 24 km WNW of Carrizo Springs, Texas.
23 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 52,105 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 629,720 barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
- 13
- M2+ events, last 12 months +1200%
- 1
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 14
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.5
- largest on record, Oct 17, 2026
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 24
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.
- M2.0–2.47
- M2.5–2.96
- M3.5–3.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 1 | M3.5 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | M2.7 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | M2.6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | M2.1 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | M2.3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | M2.6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | M2.2 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 23
- active injection wells
- 52.1K
- bbl/d permitted
- 630K
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2026, 8:19 AM | 2.1 | 16 km WNW of Carrizo Springs, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Oct 18, 2026, 8:08 AM | 2.2 | 25 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 6.1 km |
| Oct 18, 2026, 3:21 AM | 2.0 | 25 km WNW of Carrizo Springs, Texas | 7.7 km |
| Oct 17, 2026, 10:48 PM | 2.2 | 23 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 3.9 km |
| Oct 17, 2026, 11:16 AM | 2.6 | 21 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 2.2 km |
| Oct 17, 2026, 8:30 AM | 3.5 | 24 km WNW of Carrizo Springs, Texas | 6.0 km |
| Oct 17, 2026, 2:51 AM | 2.9 | 19 km NE of El Indio, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Oct 16, 2026, 4:21 PM | 2.2 | 23 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 8.7 km |
| Oct 16, 2026, 3:11 PM | 2.6 | 24 km WNW of Carrizo Springs, Texas | 7.6 km |
| Oct 16, 2026, 8:09 AM | 2.6 | 20 km WNW of Carrizo Springs, Texas | 5.8 km |
| Oct 16, 2026, 3:51 AM | 2.6 | 19 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 8.2 km |
| Oct 16, 2026, 12:58 AM | 2.2 | 21 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 3.0 km |
| Oct 14, 2026, 1:28 AM | 2.2 | 21 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 5.3 km |
| Oct 14, 2025, 3:18 AM | 2.7 | 17 km NE of El Indio, Texas | 2.1 km |
| May 10, 2024, 2:26 AM | 2.2 | 15 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 2.6 km |
| May 7, 2024, 5:55 AM | 2.6 | 16 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 3.4 km |
| Apr 14, 2023, 7:46 PM | 2.1 | 17 km WNW of Hilltop, Texas | 4.2 km |
| Sep 17, 2022, 3:51 PM | 2.1 | 15 km NE of Big Wells, Texas | 5.9 km |
| Apr 28, 2022, 1:46 AM | 2.1 | 14 km NE of Big Wells, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Apr 17, 2022, 5:34 PM | 2.0 | 20 km W of Hilltop, Texas | 8.8 km |
| Apr 17, 2022, 1:32 PM | 2.2 | 21 km NE of Big Wells, Texas | 5.5 km |
| Mar 25, 2022, 6:07 PM | 2.2 | 13 km NE of Big Wells, Texas | 7.2 km |
| Mar 9, 2022, 1:30 AM | 2.3 | 16 km ENE of Big Wells, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Dec 6, 2021, 6:00 AM | 2.1 | 22 km NE of Big Wells, Texas | 6.0 km |
| May 8, 2021, 8:23 AM | 2.6 | 16 km ENE of El Indio, Texas | 7.8 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 28.54–29.11°N, 99.31–100.21°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/zavala, documented in the API reference.