EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022MOLH

Magnitude 2.4 23 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 11:02:34 AM Central · 2022-06-28 16:02:34 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 23 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on June 28, 2022 at 11:02 AM Central, 2.8 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 182 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 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 km away and operated by Rattler Midstream Operating LLC; together they hold 201,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 9,167 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.4
ML, reviewed
2.8
km deep · 9,152 ft
5
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
182
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
281
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.0980, -103.2489
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jun 24, 2022, 6:54 AM2.58.9 km3.9 km
Jun 18, 2022, 7:43 AM3.22.2 km3.1 km
Jul 8, 2022, 8:01 PM2.05.8 km5.4 km
Jul 9, 2022, 7:41 AM2.04.1 km1.3 km
Jun 14, 2022, 1:10 AM2.25.9 km4.6 km
Jun 10, 2022, 5:01 AM2.48.2 km3.5 km
Jun 8, 2022, 5:12 PM2.77.9 km2.6 km
Jul 27, 2022, 2:57 PM2.03 km4.9 km
Aug 15, 2022, 5:31 PM2.35.4 km5.4 km
Aug 15, 2022, 6:45 PM2.99.6 km4.4 km
Aug 15, 2022, 8:50 PM2.11.9 km3.2 km
Aug 16, 2022, 1:51 AM2.03.4 km3.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Nov 29, 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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 9.17K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Lindsay #1DRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001188801 km10,0006,000–8,100
Hawg SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059292 km20,0005,200–8,000
Coyote 48 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109252.7 km20,0005,250–6,900
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983283.2 km1,5005,250–5,392
Coyote 48 #3SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109263.3 km20,0005,250–6,900
Belle SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144313.4 km15,0005,360–6,860
Coyote 48 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078654 km15,0005,250–6,900
Zauk 39 #1SWRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001122784.2 km20,0005,350–8,000
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136365.3 km20,0005,500–7,500
Ethan SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144305.5 km15,0005,330–6,790
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127455.5 km12,0005,250–6,900
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127446.1 km12,0006,020–6,405
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Operating, LLC0000646086.8 km5005,221–5,241
Gillespie #1Vaquero Operating0000812627.5 km5,0005,350–5,990
Elizabeth SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001155857.6 km15,0005,225–7,000

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About this data

Event tx2022molh 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.

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