EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2022FDPP

Magnitude 2.1 11 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas

Monday, March 14, 2022, 9:59:49 PM Central · 2022-03-15 02:59:49 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 11 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas on March 14, 2022 at 9:59 PM Central, 4.7 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 31 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.9 km away and operated by Aqua Terra Permian, LLC; together they hold 350,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

36 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 305,572 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.1: ML, reviewed
4.7: km deep · 15,325 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
31: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,322: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4289, -101.7398
County area: Howard 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 25, 2022, 10:25 PM	2.1	9.2 km	7.7 km
Jun 16, 2022, 2:56 PM	3.6	9.9 km	8.4 km
Jun 16, 2022, 8:48 PM	2.5	9.7 km	7.6 km
Aug 9, 2022, 7:02 AM	2.7	1 km	9.7 km
Oct 12, 2021, 7:19 PM	2.2	4.6 km	10.3 km
Sep 24, 2021, 2:28 PM	3.3	3.4 km	10.6 km
Sep 17, 2021, 4:07 PM	2.1	9.7 km	10.1 km
Sep 19, 2022, 11:42 AM	2.3	9.7 km	7.3 km
Oct 28, 2022, 4:08 PM	3.4	9.2 km	7.6 km
Oct 30, 2022, 7:42 AM	2.4	9.5 km	6.4 km
Jun 11, 2021, 6:09 PM	2.4	5 km	8.7 km
May 26, 2021, 8:53 AM	2.4	6.8 km	7.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Jun 16, 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. 36 of these report daily to TexNet: 306K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Blagrave SWD 5 #1	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000115943	0.9 km	40,000	10,600–12,000
Shortes, L. O. #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000075355	1 km	5,000	4,392–5,026
Gorgon #2	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000120328	2.2 km	25,000	3,575–5,275
Gorgon #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000119908	2.8 km	30,000	10,500–13,000
Triton SWD #1	SM Energy Company	000119416	3.1 km	50,000	10,600–12,120
Brumley 62 SWD #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000125445	3.2 km	20,000	3,340–5,330
Arrowhead 3 #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000084950	4 km	10,000	3,607–6,700
7H SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000116798	4.1 km	20,000	3,270–5,085
Daytona 66 #1HW	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000104585	5 km	15,000	4,128–5,378
Johnson, DC Disposal #202	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000070434	5.1 km	10,000	3,723–4,600
Atlantic SWD #1	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000114289	5.5 km	30,000	3,334–4,567
Knott #1	Junction Resources OP, LLC	000105043	5.8 km	20,000	3,000–4,475
Ranch Water 24 SWD #1	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000116531	5.8 km	25,000	3,560–4,300
Diamondback-Smith SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000114753	5.8 km	30,000	3,180–4,900
Ackerly SWD #1	Overflow Energy Permian, LLC	000125831	5.9 km	20,000	3,550–4,400

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About this data

Event tx2022fdpp 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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