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EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2022BRFC

Magnitude 2.2 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Monday, January 24, 2022, 9:24:59 AM Central · 2022-01-24 15:24:59 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on January 24, 2022 at 9:24 AM Central, 4.7 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 223 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.1 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 302,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

23 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 120,387 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.2
ML, reviewed
4.7
km deep · 15,566 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
223
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,037
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4298, -102.1268
County area
Dawson County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jan 26, 2022, 11:56 PM2.31.1 km5.6 km
Jan 18, 2022, 4:31 AM3.04.7 km1.8 km
Feb 6, 2022, 12:08 PM2.36 km14.4 km
Mar 7, 2022, 10:56 AM2.64.5 km7.6 km
Dec 1, 2021, 6:30 PM2.01.4 km11.4 km
Nov 30, 2021, 5:48 PM2.14.8 km5.6 km
Nov 15, 2021, 6:10 PM2.01 km4.8 km
Nov 6, 2021, 1:50 PM2.42.2 km7.8 km
Nov 4, 2021, 4:53 PM2.11.2 km13.1 km
Oct 31, 2021, 6:00 PM2.10.9 km9.7 km
Oct 24, 2021, 6:29 PM2.01.9 km12.3 km
May 15, 2022, 2:46 AM2.19.8 km13.7 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: 120K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246511.1 km30,0003,988–5,308
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260902.8 km20,0004,200–5,228
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001159754.7 km30,00012,380–13,965
Univ. 14-7 #3DOvintiv USA Inc.0000189434.8 km7,5004,525–5,470
University "7-15" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001154424.9 km25,0004,500–5,600
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47Ovintiv USA Inc.0000998954.9 km10,00011,242–12,617
Pinotage SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001062815.4 km20,0005,550–6,175
University 7-27 SWD #D 2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001153396 km40,00012,700–14,200
Herding Cats #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001190036 km30,00012,250–14,500
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49Ovintiv USA Inc.0001051216.2 km10,00011,745–12,675
Mabee Foundation #1REDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001034136.6 km15,0005,550–6,175
University SWD #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001101146.8 km20,0004,800–5,550
Big Sipper #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001188166.8 km30,00012,000–14,500
University -B- #2Crosstex Services, L.L.C.0000794087 km5,0004,940–6,500
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24DOvintiv USA Inc.0000107177.2 km10,00010,910–12,424

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

About this data

Event tx2022brfc 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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