EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2021NWJY
Magnitude 2.6 13 km N of Coyanosa, Texas
Saturday, July 17, 2021, 12:59:45 AM Central · 2021-07-17 05:59:45 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 13 km N of Coyanosa, Texas on July 17, 2021 at 12:59 AM Central, 3.7 km deep, in the Ward County area.
It is one of 25 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.3.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.4 km away and operated by Continental Res, Inc; together they hold 257,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 18,976 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.6
- ML, reviewed
- 3.7
- km deep · 12,189 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 25
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 398
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.3604, -103.0752
- County area
- Ward County
- On a map
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- Catalog
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2021, 11:46 PM | 2.1 | 0.6 km | 3.4 km |
| Jul 16, 2021, 10:57 PM | 3.1 | 1 km | 4.1 km |
| Sep 16, 2019, 12:14 PM | 2.5 | 3.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 6, 2019, 11:10 AM | 2.8 | 1.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 6, 2019, 10:55 AM | 3.2 | 2.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 31, 2019, 8:37 AM | 2.8 | 1.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 31, 2019, 8:09 AM | 2.5 | 2 km | 4.3 km |
| Jul 30, 2019, 8:16 PM | 2.0 | 5.3 km | 4.7 km |
| Jul 30, 2019, 8:14 PM | 3.3 | 3.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 21, 2019, 7:38 PM | 2.6 | 4 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 27, 2023, 8:53 AM | 2.2 | 3.1 km | 3.1 km |
| Jul 27, 2023, 9:51 AM | 2.3 | 0.4 km | 4.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Jan 24, 2024.
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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 19K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leviathan #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000115498 | 1.4 km | 25,000 | 5,250–7,100 |
| Pecan State SWD 36 #1D | Continental Res, Inc | 000126744 | 3.3 km | 20,000 | 5,031–7,431 |
| Trees State 24 #1D | Continental Res, Inc | 000115116 | 3.5 km | 20,000 | 6,020–7,350 |
| Gum Popper #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000115225 | 3.7 km | 20,000 | 4,800–7,500 |
| Cub Creek #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000113603 | 3.9 km | 25,000 | 4,750–7,100 |
| Eiland, T. N. #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000085888 | 3.9 km | 6,000 | 4,931–6,554 |
| Pecos SWD 64 #1D | Continental Res, Inc | 000115104 | 5.5 km | 20,000 | 5,875–7,130 |
| Manbearpig #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000115373 | 5.9 km | 25,000 | 5,150–7,000 |
| Barber, W. T., -A- #12 | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000083100 | 6 km | 1,000 | 4,845–4,957 |
| Reward SWD A #1 | Rattler Midstream Oper LLC | 000115108 | 6.1 km | 25,000 | 5,026–7,100 |
| Barber, W. T., -A- #9 | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000083099 | 6.5 km | 1,000 | 4,906–4,942 |
| Trees, J. C. Estate, et al -A- #5D | TS Oil, LLC | 000020838 | 6.8 km | 14,500 | 5,200–6,100 |
| Water Bear #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000117638 | 7.1 km | 20,000 | 5,150–7,000 |
| Pershing, R. S. #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000083949 | 7.2 km | 20,000 | 5,370–5,527 |
| Morrison, H. B. -a- SWD #3 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000114614 | 7.3 km | 15,000 | 5,400–6,245 |
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About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2021nwjy, as published by the 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/tx2021nwjy, documented in the API reference.