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EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · TX2021JYAN

Magnitude 2.1 27 km N of Snyder, Texas

Saturday, May 22, 2021, 12:20:26 AM Central · 2021-05-22 05:20:26 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 27 km N of Snyder, Texas on May 22, 2021 at 12:20 AM Central, 6.5 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 61 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 165,134 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
6.5
km deep · 21,263 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
61
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
61
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.9617, -100.8738
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
May 21, 2021, 11:26 PM2.01 km4.1 km
May 30, 2021, 7:41 AM2.15.6 km3.9 km
May 31, 2021, 5:49 AM2.15.5 km4.4 km
Jun 1, 2021, 3:46 AM2.17.3 km9.0 km
Jul 4, 2021, 1:33 PM2.15.7 km3.3 km
Mar 17, 2021, 10:03 AM2.48.5 km5.7 km
Feb 11, 2021, 5:04 AM2.93.1 km5.0 km
Feb 7, 2021, 7:06 AM2.86.3 km5.0 km
Jan 31, 2021, 10:52 PM2.74.2 km5.0 km
Nov 21, 2021, 9:11 AM2.48.5 km5.4 km
Nov 14, 2020, 10:27 PM3.55.6 km5.0 km
Dec 1, 2021, 12:51 PM2.05.1 km6.5 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6386Occidental Permian Ltd.0000529690.1 km13,0006,300–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6369Occidental Permian Ltd.0001018980.4 km13,0006,300–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6428Occidental Permian Ltd.0001096000.5 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6429Occidental Permian Ltd.0001145130.6 km10,0006,500–7,300
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6039Occidental Permian Ltd.0000495710.6 km13,0004,500–9,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6417Occidental Permian Ltd.0001018830.6 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6418Occidental Permian Ltd.0001095990.6 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6434Occidental Permian Ltd.0001145230.7 km10,0006,500–7,300
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6051Occidental Permian Ltd.0000604130.7 km10,0006,300–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6075Occidental Permian Ltd.0000228470.8 km1,1346,820–6,834
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6401Occidental Permian Ltd.0001018990.8 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6356Occidental Permian Ltd.0000495730.9 km13,0006,300–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6430Occidental Permian Ltd.0001145241 km10,0006,500–7,300
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6435Occidental Permian Ltd.0001147471 km10,0006,500–7,300
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6436Occidental Permian Ltd.0001146101.1 km10,0006,500–7,300

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About this data

Event tx2021jyan 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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