EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2022BFWJ

Magnitude 3.0 34 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Tuesday, January 18, 2022, 4:31:16 AM Central · 2022-01-18 10:31:16 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 34 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on January 18, 2022 at 4:31 AM Central, 1.8 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 234 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4 km away and operated by Ovintiv USA Inc.; together they hold 238,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

23 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 130,670 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.0: ML, reviewed
1.8: km deep · 5,937 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
234: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
808: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4445, -102.0796
County area: Dawson 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 18, 2022, 5:04 AM	2.2	5.4 km	3.6 km
Jan 24, 2022, 9:24 AM	2.2	4.7 km	4.7 km
Jan 26, 2022, 11:56 PM	2.3	5.3 km	5.6 km
Feb 6, 2022, 12:08 PM	2.3	2.3 km	14.4 km
Dec 1, 2021, 6:30 PM	2.0	4.9 km	11.4 km
Mar 7, 2022, 10:56 AM	2.6	1.9 km	7.6 km
Nov 30, 2021, 5:48 PM	2.1	1.7 km	5.6 km
Nov 15, 2021, 6:10 PM	2.0	4.8 km	4.8 km
Nov 6, 2021, 1:50 PM	2.4	6.2 km	7.8 km
Nov 4, 2021, 4:53 PM	2.1	4.1 km	13.1 km
Oct 31, 2021, 6:00 PM	2.1	4.6 km	9.7 km
Oct 24, 2021, 6:29 PM	2.0	2.9 km	12.3 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 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. 23 of these report daily to TexNet: 131K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000105121	4 km	10,000	11,745–12,675
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000099895	4.2 km	10,000	11,242–12,617
Breedlove Ursa #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000124651	4.6 km	30,000	3,988–5,308
Corsica SWD 2 #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000126090	5 km	20,000	4,200–5,228
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000010717	5.1 km	10,000	10,910–12,424
O'Neal #1D	Diamondback E&P LLC	000010722	6 km	10,000	4,250–4,800
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000115975	7 km	30,000	12,380–13,965
Pinotage SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000106281	7.1 km	20,000	5,550–6,175
Mabee Breedlove Clearfork Unit #2	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096976	7.1 km	1,000	7,105–7,228
Big Sipper #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000118816	7.6 km	30,000	12,000–14,500
Carter Clearfork Unit #7	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096687	7.7 km	1,000	7,155–7,212
Mabee Foundation #1RE	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000103413	7.9 km	15,000	5,550–6,175
Jones-Holton SWD #2WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000105567	7.9 km	20,000	4,200–5,700
Herding Cats #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000119003	8.1 km	30,000	12,250–14,500
Carter Clearfork Unit #2	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096688	8.1 km	1,000	7,210–7,224

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About this data

Event tx2022bfwj 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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