EARTHQUAKES · ECTOR AREA · TX2022DEEQ

Magnitude 3.2 14 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas

Monday, February 14, 2022, 5:29:28 PM Central · 2022-02-14 23:29:28 UTC

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake 14 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas on February 14, 2022 at 5:29 PM Central, 8.4 km deep, in the Ector County area.

It is one of 83 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.7.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.8 km away and operated by Apache Corporation; together they hold 307,999 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

19 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 75,852 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.2: ML, reviewed
8.4: km deep · 27,681 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
83: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,030: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.0627, -102.2372
County area: Ector 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
Feb 11, 2022, 4:45 PM	2.3	8.6 km	6.2 km
Dec 16, 2021, 4:01 AM	3.3	0.2 km	10.5 km
Dec 15, 2021, 10:33 PM	3.7	0.3 km	10.3 km
Dec 15, 2021, 4:21 PM	3.6	0.1 km	9.8 km
Dec 15, 2021, 9:30 AM	3.1	0.3 km	8.9 km
Nov 28, 2021, 10:46 PM	2.4	8.3 km	6.5 km
May 14, 2022, 11:22 PM	2.1	4.2 km	6.8 km
Nov 16, 2021, 9:25 PM	2.7	9.4 km	6.7 km
Nov 16, 2021, 2:36 AM	3.5	9.8 km	7.2 km
Nov 11, 2021, 5:08 AM	2.7	9.8 km	7.7 km
Oct 30, 2021, 11:00 AM	2.6	5 km	7.7 km
Sep 25, 2021, 1:17 AM	2.9	9.5 km	8.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.7 on Dec 16, 2021.

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. 19 of these report daily to TexNet: 75.9K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
CASSELMAN8 #2D	Apache Corporation	000125186	2.8 km	20,000	5,160–6,000
CASSELMAN8 #1D	Apache Corporation	000112402	2.8 km	30,000	12,480–14,500
Fee "AA" #1	Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.	000107930	5.6 km	30,000	5,850–14,500
Pecan Acres 23 #1D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000105168	5.7 km	8,000	4,830–5,930
Northwest Midland SWD #1WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000113218	6.6 km	20,000	4,550–7,020
Robbie #24	XTO Energy Inc.	000105122	7 km	20,000	4,825–4,995
Cross Bar Ranch #1901SW	COG Operating LLC	000110055	7.2 km	15,000	4,770–6,300
Cross Bar Ranch #2000SW	COG Operating LLC	000101479	7.6 km	10,000	4,820–5,000
Fee "BM" #2SW	Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.	000111251	8.2 km	20,000	4,650–8,500
Dyson #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000125103	8.5 km	20,000	4,761–6,123
Fee "BM" #1	Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.	000103009	8.7 km	30,000	4,800–15,000
Kirby #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000119159	9.1 km	24,999	4,460–5,620
Fee "BL" SWD #1	Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.	000104206	9.3 km	30,000	4,800–15,000
Whittenburg #2200SW	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000101188	9.3 km	10,000	5,150–5,550
Fee 'BP' SWD #1	Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd.	000125193	9.6 km	20,000	5,800–7,300

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About this data

Event tx2022deeq 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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