EARTHQUAKES · ECTOR AREA · TX2022JLEC
Magnitude 2.1 10 km E of Gardendale, Texas
Saturday, May 14, 2022, 11:22:37 PM Central · 2022-05-15 04:22:37 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 10 km E of Gardendale, Texas on May 14, 2022 at 11:22 PM Central, 6.8 km deep, in the Ector County area.
It is one of 67 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.7.
14 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.6 km away and operated by Apache Corporation; together they hold 282,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
19 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 67,500 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 6.8
- km deep · 22,225 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 67
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 14
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 967
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.0334, -102.2650
- County area
- Ector 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2022, 3:25 AM | 2.7 | 7.1 km | 7.3 km |
| Apr 21, 2022, 3:21 AM | 2.6 | 9.6 km | 7.9 km |
| Mar 19, 2022, 7:40 AM | 2.8 | 9.9 km | 7.2 km |
| Feb 14, 2022, 5:29 PM | 3.2 | 4.2 km | 8.4 km |
| Jan 31, 2022, 3:36 AM | 2.7 | 9 km | 8.7 km |
| Jan 8, 2022, 3:53 AM | 2.3 | 8.6 km | 8.0 km |
| Dec 27, 2021, 1:29 AM | 2.4 | 9 km | 8.6 km |
| Dec 23, 2021, 7:02 AM | 2.1 | 8.9 km | 8.4 km |
| Dec 16, 2021, 4:01 AM | 3.3 | 4.1 km | 10.5 km |
| Dec 15, 2021, 10:33 PM | 3.7 | 4.2 km | 10.3 km |
| Dec 15, 2021, 4:21 PM | 3.6 | 4.2 km | 9.8 km |
| Dec 15, 2021, 9:30 AM | 3.1 | 4.5 km | 8.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.7 on Dec 16, 2021.
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. 19 of these report daily to TexNet: 67.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CASSELMAN8 #1D | Apache Corporation | 000112402 | 1.6 km | 30,000 | 12,480–14,500 |
| CASSELMAN8 #2D | Apache Corporation | 000125186 | 1.6 km | 20,000 | 5,160–6,000 |
| Fee "AA" #1 | Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. | 000107930 | 5.1 km | 30,000 | 5,850–14,500 |
| Whittenburg #2200SW | Permian Resources Operating, LLC | 000101188 | 5.2 km | 10,000 | 5,150–5,550 |
| Pecan Acres 23 #1D | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 000105168 | 6.7 km | 8,000 | 4,830–5,930 |
| Fee "BL" SWD #1 | Fasken Oil and Ranch, Ltd. | 000104206 | 6.8 km | 30,000 | 4,800–15,000 |
| Gardendale 8 SWD #1 | Diamondback E&P LLC | 000103282 | 7.3 km | 20,000 | 4,900–5,400 |
| Dyson #2D | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | 000125103 | 7.9 km | 20,000 | 4,761–6,123 |
| Rattler #2D | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | 000125102 | 8 km | 20,000 | 4,860–6,230 |
| Holifield #1 | Direct Midstream LLC | 000102300 | 8.5 km | 15,000 | 4,000–6,000 |
| Robbie #24 | XTO Energy Inc. | 000105122 | 8.7 km | 20,000 | 4,825–4,995 |
| HMW #4D | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | 000125153 | 9.3 km | 20,000 | 4,869–6,160 |
| Ratliff A #1903 | COG Operating LLC | 000104207 | 9.7 km | 15,000 | 4,900–5,600 |
| DJK 48 SWD #1 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | 000114255 | 9.9 km | 24,000 | 4,600–7,100 |
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About this data
Event tx2022jlec 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/tx2022jlec, documented in the API reference.