EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022IBLA
Magnitude 2.2 25 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
Monday, April 25, 2022, 9:59:27 AM Central · 2022-04-25 14:59:27 UTC
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 25 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas on April 25, 2022 at 9:59 AM Central, 4.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 38 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.3.
1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 9.8 km away and operated by Wm Energy Svcs of TX, LLC; together they hold 20,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.2
- ML, reviewed
- 4.0
- km deep · 13,117 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 38
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 24
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 30.9074, -103.4948
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2022, 7:50 PM | 2.3 | 8.2 km | 2.9 km |
| May 21, 2022, 3:29 AM | 2.1 | 9.8 km | 3.4 km |
| May 25, 2022, 5:36 AM | 2.2 | 8.2 km | 3.4 km |
| Jun 12, 2022, 6:22 AM | 2.9 | 7.8 km | 2.8 km |
| Dec 16, 2021, 12:54 PM | 2.2 | 9.3 km | 7.0 km |
| Nov 10, 2022, 6:03 AM | 2.1 | 9.2 km | 7.6 km |
| Nov 23, 2022, 4:52 PM | 2.2 | 8.2 km | 4.6 km |
| Sep 16, 2021, 7:09 AM | 2.7 | 7.2 km | 4.4 km |
| Sep 7, 2021, 4:20 PM | 2.6 | 8.1 km | 3.7 km |
| Feb 20, 2023, 10:09 PM | 2.3 | 4.1 km | 4.6 km |
| Mar 7, 2023, 2:44 AM | 2.4 | 2.4 km | 3.9 km |
| Apr 18, 2023, 10:38 PM | 2.3 | 4.5 km | 9.7 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Apr 4, 2020.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wm ES TX Reeves Co Sswd #1 | Wm Energy Svcs of TX, LLC | 000105736 | 9.8 km | 20,000 | 4,850–7,350 |
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022ibla 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/tx2022ibla, documented in the API reference.