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EARTHQUAKES · SCURRY AREA · TX2021QDSO

Magnitude 2.3 13 km N of Snyder, Texas

Wednesday, August 18, 2021, 12:20:58 PM Central · 2021-08-18 17:20:58 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 13 km N of Snyder, Texas on August 18, 2021 at 12:20 PM Central, 4.6 km deep, in the Scurry County area.

It is one of 81 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 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 0.2 km away and operated by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; together they hold 269,800 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
4.6
km deep · 15,004 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
81
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
304
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.8354, -100.9445
County area
Scurry 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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Aug 3, 2021, 9:26 AM2.20.8 km6.5 km
Jul 4, 2021, 1:33 PM2.19.9 km3.3 km
Jun 16, 2021, 9:56 PM2.05.1 km5.4 km
Nov 21, 2021, 9:11 AM2.47.2 km5.4 km
May 5, 2021, 6:36 AM2.37.2 km7.2 km
May 4, 2021, 10:37 PM2.37.2 km6.6 km
Dec 16, 2021, 11:42 AM2.51.5 km5.7 km
Dec 17, 2021, 8:56 PM2.91.1 km6.1 km
Apr 18, 2021, 3:54 PM3.16.5 km3.4 km
Mar 17, 2021, 10:03 AM2.47.2 km5.7 km
Jan 26, 2022, 9:35 PM2.11 km6.5 km
Jan 27, 2022, 2:28 AM2.00.6 km7.0 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Sacroc Unit #26-3AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001010750.2 km15,0006,200–7,250
Sacroc Unit #2610SLKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001153500.2 km19,8006,200–7,250
Sacroc Unit #26-4AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000998600.3 km15,0006,200–7,250
Sacroc Unit #26-6Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000999920.5 km15,0006,300–7,250
Sacroc Unit #27-5AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001012630.5 km15,0006,100–7,250
Sacroc Unit #28-1AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001010380.5 km15,0006,100–7,250
Sacroc Unit #26-1AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001014940.5 km15,0006,100–7,250
Sacroc Unit #24-1SLKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000604110.6 km35,0006,400–7,250
Sacroc Unit #26-2AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001016060.6 km15,0006,250–7,250
Sacroc Unit #26-7AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000998610.7 km15,0006,100–7,250
Sacroc Unit #27-2AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001013540.7 km15,0006,100–7,250
Sacroc Unit #24-8Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001017550.8 km15,0006,500–7,250
Sacroc Unit #11-16HKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001081630.8 km35,0006,306–6,830
Sacroc Unit #28-04Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000829720.9 km15,0006,150–7,250
Sacroc Unit #27-7AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001013580.9 km15,0006,000–7,250

Disposal in Scurry County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2021qdso 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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