EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2022MDDD
Magnitude 2.3 30 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
Wednesday, June 22, 2022, 6:24:35 AM Central · 2022-06-22 11:24:35 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 30 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on June 22, 2022 at 6:24 AM Central, 6.5 km deep, in the Dawson County area.
It is one of 194 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.7 km away and operated by Diamondback E&P LLC; together they hold 268,950 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
27 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 229,648 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 6.5
- km deep · 21,423 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 194
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 825
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.4435, -102.0249
- County area
- Dawson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2022, 5:56 AM | 2.3 | 2.3 km | 6.4 km |
| May 15, 2022, 2:46 AM | 2.1 | 3.5 km | 13.7 km |
| Aug 7, 2022, 12:52 AM | 2.2 | 2.7 km | 7.9 km |
| Aug 8, 2022, 1:40 AM | 2.0 | 3.6 km | 8.8 km |
| Sep 2, 2022, 11:30 AM | 2.7 | 2.7 km | 5.2 km |
| Oct 2, 2022, 5:25 PM | 2.2 | 2.4 km | 9.8 km |
| Oct 2, 2022, 5:56 PM | 2.4 | 2.8 km | 5.8 km |
| Oct 2, 2022, 8:43 PM | 3.3 | 2.6 km | 9.0 km |
| Oct 2, 2022, 8:53 PM | 2.4 | 3.5 km | 11.9 km |
| Oct 3, 2022, 9:18 AM | 2.2 | 9.2 km | 4.2 km |
| Mar 7, 2022, 10:56 AM | 2.6 | 5.4 km | 7.6 km |
| Oct 8, 2022, 3:07 AM | 2.1 | 3.2 km | 8.5 km |
Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 2024.
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. 27 of these report daily to TexNet: 230K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Dawson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022mddd 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/tx2022mddd, documented in the API reference.