EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2021KCKS
Magnitude 3.3 37 km E of Balmorhea, Texas
Monday, May 24, 2021, 10:02:16 AM Central · 2021-05-24 15:02:16 UTC
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake 37 km E of Balmorhea, Texas on May 24, 2021 at 10:02 AM Central, 4.7 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 25 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
2 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6.5 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 30,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.3
- ML, reviewed
- 4.7
- km deep · 15,394 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 25
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 2
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 43
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 30.9489, -103.3556
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2021, 7:23 PM | 2.0 | 3.4 km | 3.1 km |
| Apr 20, 2021, 10:48 AM | 2.1 | 6.9 km | 3.7 km |
| Apr 13, 2021, 10:32 PM | 2.2 | 3.2 km | 3.7 km |
| Apr 7, 2021, 12:23 AM | 2.0 | 9.2 km | 2.8 km |
| Mar 18, 2021, 5:43 AM | 2.4 | 1.1 km | 4.9 km |
| Aug 13, 2021, 9:04 AM | 2.0 | 1.3 km | 3.4 km |
| Aug 20, 2021, 1:07 PM | 2.1 | 3.8 km | 4.2 km |
| Aug 20, 2021, 9:24 PM | 2.0 | 4.6 km | 4.0 km |
| Sep 7, 2021, 4:20 PM | 2.6 | 7.5 km | 3.7 km |
| Sep 16, 2021, 7:09 AM | 2.7 | 9 km | 4.4 km |
| Oct 23, 2020, 2:21 AM | 2.7 | 7.3 km | 2.9 km |
| Feb 10, 2022, 9:03 AM | 2.9 | 2.8 km | 3.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.9 on Jun 12, 2022.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristin T "65" #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000108174 | 6.5 km | 10,000 | 5,500–6,640 |
| Faraday 23 #2SW | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000110979 | 8.6 km | 20,000 | 5,250–6,900 |
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021kcks 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/tx2021kcks, documented in the API reference.