EARTHQUAKES · GARZA AREA · TX2021LTIV
Magnitude 2.0 18 km NNW of Snyder, Texas
Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 9:56:50 PM Central · 2021-06-17 02:56:50 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 18 km NNW of Snyder, Texas on June 16, 2021 at 9:56 PM Central, 5.4 km deep, in the Garza County area.
It is one of 94 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.8.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.2 km away and operated by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; together they hold 243,400 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 5.4
- km deep · 17,572 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 94
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 167
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.8738, -100.9745
- County area
- Garza 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 | 9.2 km | 4.4 km |
| May 30, 2021, 7:41 AM | 2.1 | 9.2 km | 3.9 km |
| Jul 4, 2021, 1:33 PM | 2.1 | 8.7 km | 3.3 km |
| Aug 3, 2021, 9:26 AM | 2.2 | 4.5 km | 6.5 km |
| Apr 18, 2021, 3:54 PM | 3.1 | 3 km | 3.4 km |
| Aug 18, 2021, 12:20 PM | 2.3 | 5.1 km | 4.6 km |
| Mar 17, 2021, 10:03 AM | 2.4 | 7.2 km | 5.7 km |
| Feb 7, 2021, 7:06 AM | 2.8 | 8 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 31, 2021, 10:52 PM | 2.7 | 9.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 21, 2021, 9:11 AM | 2.4 | 6.9 km | 5.4 km |
| Dec 1, 2021, 12:51 PM | 2.0 | 9.4 km | 6.5 km |
| Dec 16, 2021, 11:42 AM | 2.5 | 4.3 km | 5.7 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.8 on Oct 1, 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.
Disposal in Garza County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021ltiv 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/tx2021ltiv, documented in the API reference.