EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · TX2021KNFC
Magnitude 2.1 21 km N of Snyder, Texas
Sunday, May 30, 2021, 7:41:49 AM Central · 2021-05-30 12:41:49 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 21 km N of Snyder, Texas on May 30, 2021 at 7:41 AM Central, 3.9 km deep, in the Kent County area.
It is one of 92 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 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 0.3 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 146,134 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 3.9
- km deep · 12,677 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 92
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 131
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.9132, -100.8877
- County area
- Kent 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 31, 2021, 5:49 AM | 2.1 | 0.1 km | 4.4 km |
| May 22, 2021, 12:20 AM | 2.1 | 5.6 km | 6.5 km |
| May 21, 2021, 11:26 PM | 2.0 | 6.2 km | 4.1 km |
| Jun 16, 2021, 9:56 PM | 2.0 | 9.2 km | 5.4 km |
| Jul 4, 2021, 1:33 PM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 3.3 km |
| Aug 3, 2021, 9:26 AM | 2.2 | 9.5 km | 6.5 km |
| Mar 17, 2021, 10:03 AM | 2.4 | 3 km | 5.7 km |
| Feb 11, 2021, 5:04 AM | 2.9 | 4.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 7, 2021, 7:06 AM | 2.8 | 1.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 31, 2021, 10:52 PM | 2.7 | 4.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 21, 2021, 9:11 AM | 2.4 | 3 km | 5.4 km |
| Dec 1, 2021, 12:51 PM | 2.0 | 5.1 km | 6.5 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6196 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022933 | 0.3 km | 3,500 | 6,827–6,913 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6173 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022924 | 0.6 km | 13,000 | 6,200–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6190 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022932 | 0.6 km | 1,134 | 6,857–6,900 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6158 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022913 | 1 km | 13,000 | 5,000–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6157 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022912 | 1.1 km | 3,500 | 6,841–6,936 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6433 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000114631 | 1.3 km | 10,000 | 6,500–7,300 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6147 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000049579 | 1.4 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6381A | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000092890 | 1.4 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6378 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000049578 | 1.4 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6122 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000074933 | 1.5 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6353 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000096163 | 1.5 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6409 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000095621 | 1.5 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6354 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000079533 | 1.7 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6425 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000107845 | 1.7 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6169 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022921 | 1.7 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
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About this data
Event tx2021knfc 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/tx2021knfc, documented in the API reference.