EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022DGGA

Magnitude 2.5 22 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 8:27:26 PM Central · 2022-02-16 02:27:26 UTC

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 22 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on February 15, 2022 at 8:27 PM Central, 4.5 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 142 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 239,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.5
ML, reviewed
4.5
km deep · 14,719 ft
3
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
142
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
281
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.0860, -103.2195
County area
Reeves 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
Feb 15, 2022, 5:40 PM2.23.3 km1.0 km
Feb 8, 2022, 1:30 PM2.83.6 km2.5 km
Feb 3, 2022, 9:55 PM3.39.4 km22.3 km
Mar 1, 2022, 3:47 AM2.04.9 km5.4 km
Jan 16, 2022, 9:27 AM2.07.9 km3.1 km
Mar 27, 2022, 6:45 PM2.92.7 km3.1 km
Mar 28, 2022, 8:12 PM2.78 km4.6 km
Mar 29, 2022, 1:00 AM2.77.2 km3.9 km
Apr 12, 2022, 4:15 PM2.46.9 km1.5 km
Dec 7, 2021, 10:49 PM3.09.3 km5.3 km
Nov 21, 2021, 10:44 PM2.38.8 km4.0 km
Nov 18, 2021, 10:18 PM3.09.7 km3.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Nov 29, 2020.

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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Belle SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144311 km15,0005,360–6,860
Zauk 39 #1SWRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001122781.3 km20,0005,350–8,000
Hawg SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059291.5 km20,0005,200–8,000
Ethan SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144303.5 km15,0005,330–6,790
Lindsay #1DRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001188804.1 km10,0006,000–8,100
Coyote 48 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109255 km20,0005,250–6,900
Coyote 48 #3SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109265.1 km20,0005,250–6,900
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983285.3 km1,5005,250–5,392
Coyote 48 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078656.4 km15,0005,250–6,900
Old Courtney Ranch Co SWD #1Rattler Midstream Operating LLC0001180226.9 km20,0005,930–7,950
Karah SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001171377.1 km20,0005,210–7,150
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136367.7 km20,0005,500–7,500
El Kabong 48-29 #1DXTO Energy Inc.0001179828.3 km30,0005,700–7,250
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Operating, LLC0000646088.4 km5005,221–5,241
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127458.5 km12,0005,250–6,900

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About this data

Event tx2022dgga 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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