EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · TX2021FIEN
Magnitude 2.4 18 km N of Snyder, Texas
Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 10:03:35 AM Central · 2021-03-17 15:03:35 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 18 km N of Snyder, Texas on March 17, 2021 at 10:03 AM Central, 5.7 km deep, in the Kent County area.
It is one of 109 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 146,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 5.7
- km deep · 18,695 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 109
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 139
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.8885, -100.8995
- County area
- Kent County
- On a map
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2021, 5:04 AM | 2.9 | 7.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 7, 2021, 7:06 AM | 2.8 | 2.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 31, 2021, 10:52 PM | 2.7 | 6.6 km | 5.0 km |
| May 21, 2021, 11:26 PM | 2.0 | 9.1 km | 4.1 km |
| May 22, 2021, 12:20 AM | 2.1 | 8.5 km | 6.5 km |
| May 30, 2021, 7:41 AM | 2.1 | 3 km | 3.9 km |
| May 31, 2021, 5:49 AM | 2.1 | 3 km | 4.4 km |
| Jun 16, 2021, 9:56 PM | 2.0 | 7.2 km | 5.4 km |
| Jul 4, 2021, 1:33 PM | 2.1 | 2.9 km | 3.3 km |
| Nov 14, 2020, 10:27 PM | 3.5 | 3.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 3, 2021, 9:26 AM | 2.2 | 6.6 km | 6.5 km |
| Aug 18, 2021, 12:20 PM | 2.3 | 7.2 km | 4.6 km |
Largest nearby on record: M4.0 on Sep 30, 2019.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6161 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022914 | 1 km | 3,500 | 6,811–6,984 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6165 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022917 | 1 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6123 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000041704 | 1.1 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6169 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022921 | 1.4 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6153 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000088955 | 1.4 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6368 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000085815 | 1.5 km | 10,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6182 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022929 | 1.7 km | 3,500 | 6,956–7,083 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6363 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000079538 | 1.7 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6359 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000049574 | 1.9 km | 10,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6381A | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000092890 | 2 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6366 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000085814 | 2.2 km | 10,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6366B | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000102513 | 2.2 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6114 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022893 | 2.3 km | 13,000 | 6,200–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6122 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000074933 | 2.3 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6102A | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000092889 | 2.4 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,200 |
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About this data
Event tx2021fien 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/tx2021fien, documented in the API reference.