EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022EEOA
Magnitude 2.0 26 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas
Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 3:47:55 AM Central · 2022-03-01 09:47:55 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 26 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas on March 1, 2022 at 3:47 AM Central, 5.4 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 76 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 251,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 5.4
- km deep · 17,840 ft
- 4
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 76
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 144
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0421, -103.2135
- County area
- Reeves 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 15, 2022, 8:27 PM | 2.5 | 4.9 km | 4.5 km |
| Feb 15, 2022, 5:40 PM | 2.2 | 3.5 km | 1.0 km |
| Feb 8, 2022, 1:30 PM | 2.8 | 8.2 km | 2.5 km |
| Feb 3, 2022, 9:55 PM | 3.3 | 6.6 km | 22.3 km |
| Mar 27, 2022, 6:45 PM | 2.9 | 4.5 km | 3.1 km |
| Dec 7, 2021, 10:49 PM | 3.0 | 9 km | 5.3 km |
| Nov 17, 2021, 6:57 PM | 2.4 | 8.8 km | 2.7 km |
| Nov 16, 2021, 7:50 AM | 2.0 | 8.2 km | 1.7 km |
| Jun 14, 2022, 1:10 AM | 2.2 | 9.9 km | 4.6 km |
| Jun 18, 2022, 7:43 AM | 3.2 | 5.5 km | 3.1 km |
| Nov 3, 2021, 10:50 AM | 2.5 | 9.6 km | 5.8 km |
| Nov 3, 2021, 10:50 AM | 2.4 | 8.2 km | 4.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Nov 15, 2023.
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.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022eeoa 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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