EARTHQUAKES · ATASCOSA AREA · TX2017SEYS
Magnitude 2.6 11 km WSW of Christine, Texas
Saturday, September 16, 2017, 3:40:53 PM Central · 2017-09-16 20:40:53 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 11 km WSW of Christine, Texas on September 16, 2017 at 3:40 PM Central, 2.3 km deep, in the Atascosa County area.
It is one of 2 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.2 km away and operated by Crescent Energy Operating, LLC; together they hold 44,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.6
- ML, reviewed
- 2.3
- km deep · 7,528 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 121
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.7630, -98.6160
- County area
- Atascosa County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2018, 5:30 AM | 3.1 | 9.8 km | 8.4 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Jun 1, 2018.
Injection wells within 10 km
RRC UIC MASTER · ACTIVE PERMITS
Proximity is not attribution. The wells are listed because the question is always asked; whether any of them is connected to this event is for the RRC's seismic response review, not this page.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McCarty Ranch C #613H | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 000124832 | 0.2 km | — | 8,462–8,575 |
| McCarty Ranch C #614H | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 000124833 | 0.3 km | — | 8,477–8,587 |
| Layla SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000115756 | 8.6 km | 24,000 | 8,800–9,500 |
| Hirsch SWD #1 | Ruidoso Resources LLC | 000104121 | 9 km | 20,000 | 6,500–9,700 |
Disposal in Atascosa County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2017seys from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by TexNet (UT Bureau of Economic Geology) and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2017seys, documented in the API reference.