EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · TX2022FERY
Magnitude 2.6 19 km N of Snyder, Texas
Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 12:16:57 PM Central · 2022-03-15 17:16:57 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 19 km N of Snyder, Texas on March 15, 2022 at 12:16 PM Central, 4.2 km deep, in the Kent County area.
It is one of 107 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.8 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 155,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.6
- ML, reviewed
- 4.2
- km deep · 13,720 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 107
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 139
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.8958, -100.8909
- County area
- Kent 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2022, 2:28 AM | 2.0 | 7.8 km | 7.0 km |
| Jan 26, 2022, 9:35 PM | 2.1 | 7.7 km | 6.5 km |
| Jun 3, 2022, 2:34 PM | 2.2 | 1.3 km | 3.8 km |
| Dec 17, 2021, 8:56 PM | 2.9 | 7.3 km | 6.1 km |
| Dec 16, 2021, 11:42 AM | 2.5 | 7 km | 5.7 km |
| Jun 15, 2022, 2:14 AM | 3.1 | 8.5 km | 3.8 km |
| Jun 15, 2022, 2:26 AM | 2.5 | 9.5 km | 3.8 km |
| Jun 15, 2022, 11:24 AM | 2.2 | 7.7 km | 3.8 km |
| Dec 1, 2021, 12:51 PM | 2.0 | 6.5 km | 6.5 km |
| Nov 21, 2021, 9:11 AM | 2.4 | 1.3 km | 5.4 km |
| Aug 5, 2022, 5:19 AM | 2.5 | 5.6 km | 4.5 km |
| Aug 7, 2022, 1:38 AM | 2.2 | 7.9 km | 9.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M4.0 on Sep 30, 2019.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6165 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022917 | 0.8 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6169 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022921 | 0.9 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6123 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000041704 | 1.2 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6153 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000088955 | 1.3 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6381A | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000092890 | 1.5 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6161 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022914 | 1.6 km | 3,500 | 6,811–6,984 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6363 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000079538 | 1.6 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6368 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000085815 | 1.8 km | 10,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6122 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000074933 | 1.8 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6173 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022924 | 1.8 km | 13,000 | 6,200–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6359 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000049574 | 1.9 km | 10,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6158 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022913 | 1.9 km | 13,000 | 5,000–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6354 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000079533 | 2.1 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6366 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000085814 | 2.1 km | 10,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6366B | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000102513 | 2.1 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
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About this data
Event tx2022fery 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/tx2022fery, documented in the API reference.