EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2022DKJK

Magnitude 2.3 5 km NW of Pecos, Texas

Friday, February 18, 2022, 2:44:52 AM Central · 2022-02-18 08:44:52 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 5 km NW of Pecos, Texas on February 18, 2022 at 2:44 AM Central, 4.4 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 50 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.8 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 342,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.3: ML, reviewed
4.4: km deep · 14,382 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
50: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
612: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.4605, -103.5302
County area: Ward 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
Apr 7, 2022, 6:50 AM	2.0	7.2 km	4.0 km
Oct 23, 2021, 12:04 PM	2.0	8.5 km	3.1 km
Jun 25, 2022, 5:35 AM	2.1	5.7 km	7.3 km
Jun 25, 2022, 12:05 PM	3.0	5.1 km	7.9 km
Jun 28, 2022, 4:31 PM	2.3	7.4 km	5.5 km
Jul 2, 2022, 2:23 PM	2.2	4.7 km	5.2 km
Sep 18, 2022, 3:36 PM	2.3	8.7 km	1.4 km
Oct 7, 2022, 1:09 PM	2.3	3.2 km	3.8 km
Nov 4, 2022, 9:32 PM	2.1	3.2 km	1.7 km
May 18, 2021, 8:29 PM	2.3	8.9 km	4.3 km
Dec 5, 2022, 8:33 PM	2.0	5.2 km	1.9 km
Dec 20, 2022, 7:02 AM	2.1	9.9 km	0.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jun 25, 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.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Central Reeves #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000108266	1.8 km	40,000	4,470–6,860
Tarpon #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116075	3.1 km	15,000	4,500–6,000
Abram SWD #1	Terrain Water Solutions, LLC	000121190	4.1 km	20,000	4,600–7,600
Reeves -43- #1	Reeves County SWD, LLC	000094453	5.1 km	12,000	4,339–5,510
Preakness SWD #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000105946	5.3 km	40,000	4,500–7,500
North Pecos SWD #1	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000108531	5.5 km	30,000	4,656–7,234
Sbhes Pecos #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000115915	6.5 km	25,000	6,250–7,510
Barstow SWD #2	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000110480	6.5 km	20,000	6,600–7,100
Viper SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000116376	6.8 km	20,000	4,117–6,480
Baptist Foundation #1D	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000048561	6.9 km	10,000	5,594–6,100
Sham SWD #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000109562	7.3 km	25,000	4,530–7,640
Pecos SWD 4-31 #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000104334	7.6 km	20,000	4,250–7,400
Ani SWD #1	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000101944	7.7 km	20,000	8,000–9,150
Hollywood SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000116375	7.9 km	20,000	4,100–6,390
Mendoza SWD #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000108695	7.9 km	25,000	4,000–7,000

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

About this data

Event tx2022dkjk 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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