EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022HEDW
Magnitude 2.4 16 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas
Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 4:15:00 PM Central · 2022-04-12 21:15:00 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 16 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas on April 12, 2022 at 4:15 PM Central, 1.5 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 83 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 3 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away and operated by XTO Engy Inc; together they hold 364,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 1.5
- km deep · 4,766 ft
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 83
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 356
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1194, -103.1589
- County area
- Reeves County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2022, 1:00 AM | 2.7 | 7.3 km | 3.9 km |
| Mar 28, 2022, 8:12 PM | 2.7 | 6.2 km | 4.6 km |
| Mar 27, 2022, 6:45 PM | 2.9 | 9.6 km | 3.1 km |
| Feb 15, 2022, 8:27 PM | 2.5 | 6.9 km | 4.5 km |
| Jun 13, 2022, 4:06 AM | 2.3 | 4.5 km | 7.8 km |
| Feb 8, 2022, 1:30 PM | 2.8 | 8.1 km | 2.5 km |
| Jun 18, 2022, 7:43 AM | 3.2 | 10 km | 3.1 km |
| Jun 24, 2022, 6:54 AM | 2.5 | 7.1 km | 3.9 km |
| Jun 25, 2022, 7:09 AM | 2.1 | 2.1 km | 2.3 km |
| Jun 28, 2022, 11:02 AM | 2.4 | 8.9 km | 2.8 km |
| Jan 16, 2022, 9:27 AM | 2.0 | 6.8 km | 3.1 km |
| Jul 9, 2022, 7:41 AM | 2.0 | 5.3 km | 1.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Oct 7, 2026.
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
TexNet catalog event tx2022hedw, as published by the 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/tx2022hedw, documented in the API reference.