EARTHQUAKES · SCURRY AREA · TX2021ITLJ
Magnitude 2.3 7 km NNE of Snyder, Texas
Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 6:36:18 AM Central · 2021-05-05 11:36:18 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 7 km NNE of Snyder, Texas on May 5, 2021 at 6:36 AM Central, 7.2 km deep, in the Scurry County area.
It is one of 37 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.4.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.8 km away and operated by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; together they hold 220,600 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 7.2
- km deep · 23,670 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 37
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 269
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.7841, -100.8974
- County area
- Scurry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2021, 10:37 PM | 2.3 | 0.3 km | 6.6 km |
| Aug 3, 2021, 9:26 AM | 2.2 | 7.9 km | 6.5 km |
| Aug 18, 2021, 12:20 PM | 2.3 | 7.2 km | 4.6 km |
| Dec 16, 2021, 11:42 AM | 2.5 | 8.2 km | 5.7 km |
| Dec 17, 2021, 8:56 PM | 2.9 | 7.8 km | 6.1 km |
| Jan 26, 2022, 9:35 PM | 2.1 | 8.1 km | 6.5 km |
| Jan 27, 2022, 2:28 AM | 2.0 | 7.6 km | 7.0 km |
| Jun 15, 2022, 2:14 AM | 3.1 | 6 km | 3.8 km |
| Jun 15, 2022, 2:26 AM | 2.5 | 6 km | 3.8 km |
| Jun 15, 2022, 11:24 AM | 2.2 | 6.5 km | 3.8 km |
| Aug 5, 2022, 5:19 AM | 2.5 | 8.3 km | 4.5 km |
| Aug 7, 2022, 1:38 AM | 2.2 | 7 km | 9.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.4 on Jul 22, 2023.
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.
Disposal in Scurry County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021itlj 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.
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