EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2021ITTK
Magnitude 2.4 14 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas
Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 10:40:39 AM Central · 2021-05-05 15:40:39 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 14 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas on May 5, 2021 at 10:40 AM Central, 2.4 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 50 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.5 km away and operated by XTO Energy Inc.; together they hold 374,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 2.4
- km deep · 7,972 ft
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 50
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 402
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1253, -103.1396
- County area
- Reeves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2021, 9:17 PM | 2.3 | 6 km | 3.9 km |
| Apr 27, 2021, 8:50 PM | 2.9 | 5.4 km | 4.0 km |
| Apr 15, 2021, 5:25 PM | 3.1 | 9.4 km | 4.0 km |
| Jan 15, 2021, 5:19 PM | 2.5 | 2.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 16, 2021, 7:50 AM | 2.0 | 8.8 km | 1.7 km |
| Nov 17, 2021, 6:57 PM | 2.4 | 8.7 km | 2.7 km |
| Jan 16, 2022, 9:27 AM | 2.0 | 8 km | 3.1 km |
| Aug 5, 2020, 12:14 PM | 3.0 | 9.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 3, 2020, 9:52 AM | 2.4 | 8.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 8, 2022, 1:30 PM | 2.8 | 10 km | 2.5 km |
| Feb 15, 2022, 8:27 PM | 2.5 | 8.8 km | 4.5 km |
| Jul 18, 2020, 10:29 AM | 2.7 | 1.7 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Oct 7, 2026.
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 Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021ittk 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/tx2021ittk, documented in the API reference.