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EARTHQUAKES · GLASSCOCK AREA · TX2022DFNT

Magnitude 2.9 24 km W of Garden City, Texas

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 11:14:18 AM Central · 2022-02-15 17:14:18 UTC

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake 24 km W of Garden City, Texas on February 15, 2022 at 11:14 AM Central, 8.6 km deep, in the Glasscock County area.

It is one of 34 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.3.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.6 km away and operated by Oxyrock Operating, LLC; together they hold 249,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

16 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 78,537 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.9
ML, reviewed
8.6
km deep · 28,083 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
34
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,208
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.8768, -101.7366
County area
Glasscock County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Feb 10, 2022, 11:45 AM3.30.5 km9.1 km
Dec 30, 2021, 11:29 PM2.60.8 km7.8 km
Dec 16, 2021, 10:51 AM2.03.2 km9.4 km
Dec 9, 2021, 3:47 AM2.21.3 km8.5 km
Dec 7, 2021, 1:26 PM2.40.7 km7.9 km
Dec 3, 2021, 10:22 PM2.52.7 km11.2 km
Nov 17, 2021, 9:21 AM2.11.9 km8.2 km
Sep 1, 2021, 3:03 AM2.12.1 km9.5 km
May 19, 2021, 2:35 AM2.07 km4.3 km
Mar 1, 2023, 3:26 AM2.07.2 km8.2 km
Jun 5, 2023, 3:18 AM2.06.2 km9.8 km
Jul 3, 2023, 5:13 PM3.06 km9.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Feb 10, 2022.

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. 16 of these report daily to TexNet: 78.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Cornwallis #1DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001260340.6 km10,0003,750–4,750
Wrage 28 #3DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001157411.1 km10,0003,873–4,737
Wrage 33 #2DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001157601.9 km10,0003,796–4,705
Wrage 21 #4DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001244282 km10,0003,872–4,877
Wrage 16 #1DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001156892.8 km10,0003,850–4,700
Glasscock 403 SWD #1Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC0001100843.1 km35,0003,785–4,200
Brunson "35" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001081013.3 km20,0003,700–4,400
Boone -F- Deep #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0000959753.6 km25,0004,386–10,230
George III #1DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001251734.5 km10,0003,695–4,690
L. M. Harrison et Al #1WAqua Terra Permian, LLC0001022754.9 km20,0004,002–4,196
Superior #2Aqua Terra Permian, LLC0001044365.2 km20,0003,405–4,500
Leary #1DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001244425.2 km15,00011,567–12,770
WTH 7 SWD #18Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001246345.6 km24,50010,800–13,500
Boone, K. S. #6Civitas Permian Operating, LLC0001171245.8 km22,5003,923–4,455
Brunson SWD #3Wilson Systems, Inc.0000540165.8 km7,0002,573–5,200

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About this data

Event tx2022dfnt 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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