EARTHQUAKES · MAVERICK AREA · TX2022DOVF
Magnitude 3.4 3 km S of El Indio, Texas
Sunday, February 20, 2022, 1:13:25 PM Central · 2022-02-20 19:13:25 UTC
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake 3 km S of El Indio, Texas on February 20, 2022 at 1:13 PM Central, 3.0 km deep, in the Maverick County area.
It is one of 12 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.5 km away and operated by Infinite Energy Solutions, LLC; together they hold 20,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.4
- ML, reviewed
- 3.0
- km deep · 9,901 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 12
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 4
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.4790, -100.3130
- County area
- Maverick 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2022, 11:58 PM | 2.3 | 2 km | 3.1 km |
| Oct 30, 2021, 7:46 PM | 3.1 | 2 km | 3.7 km |
| Aug 30, 2021, 1:20 AM | 2.0 | 2.5 km | 3.0 km |
| Aug 18, 2021, 3:29 AM | 2.6 | 3.7 km | 8.4 km |
| Jun 17, 2021, 10:10 PM | 3.1 | 1.5 km | 2.1 km |
| May 30, 2021, 3:15 AM | 2.4 | 1.3 km | 5.7 km |
| Feb 26, 2021, 7:01 PM | 3.0 | 8.2 km | 9.4 km |
| Feb 18, 2021, 1:37 AM | 3.3 | 4.4 km | 6.7 km |
| Feb 16, 2021, 3:14 AM | 2.5 | 7.7 km | 10.5 km |
| Apr 13, 2023, 4:15 PM | 2.7 | 6.7 km | 8.7 km |
| Nov 30, 2020, 11:38 PM | 2.9 | 8.4 km | 2.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Feb 18, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary B #3 H | Infinite Energy Solutions, LLC | 000117930 | 2.5 km | 20,000 | 2,100–2,425 |
Disposal in Maverick County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022dovf 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2022dovf, documented in the API reference.