EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022BFNZ
Magnitude 2.4 30 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 12:16:26 AM Central · 2022-01-18 06:16:26 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 30 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on January 18, 2022 at 12:16 AM Central, 5.7 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 135 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.1 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 259,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
3 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 24,535 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 5.7
- km deep · 18,599 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 135
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 263
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0945, -103.3345
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 2022, 9:41 PM | 3.1 | 9.9 km | 3.5 km |
| Jan 9, 2022, 1:41 AM | 2.2 | 7.9 km | 4.6 km |
| Dec 29, 2021, 6:59 AM | 2.7 | 9.2 km | 4.1 km |
| Feb 8, 2022, 1:30 PM | 2.8 | 8.9 km | 2.5 km |
| Feb 15, 2022, 5:40 PM | 2.2 | 9.5 km | 1.0 km |
| Dec 7, 2021, 10:55 PM | 2.1 | 4.5 km | 5.6 km |
| Dec 7, 2021, 10:54 PM | 2.6 | 4.3 km | 5.5 km |
| Dec 7, 2021, 10:49 PM | 3.0 | 5.4 km | 5.3 km |
| Nov 28, 2021, 5:03 PM | 3.2 | 9.7 km | 2.9 km |
| Nov 16, 2021, 12:41 AM | 2.5 | 4.5 km | 4.4 km |
| Nov 15, 2021, 1:00 AM | 2.3 | 0.7 km | 4.4 km |
| Mar 27, 2022, 6:45 PM | 2.9 | 9 km | 3.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Nov 15, 2023.
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. 3 of these report daily to TexNet: 24.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022bfnz 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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