EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022NKOV
Magnitude 2.5 35 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
Sunday, July 10, 2022, 1:50:27 PM Central · 2022-07-10 18:50:27 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 35 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on July 10, 2022 at 1:50 PM Central, 4.9 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 61 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
11 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.7 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 185,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.5
- ML, reviewed
- 4.9
- km deep · 16,153 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 61
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 11
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 178
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0580, -103.3632
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2022, 8:01 PM | 2.0 | 9.9 km | 5.4 km |
| Jul 27, 2022, 2:57 PM | 2.0 | 9.5 km | 4.9 km |
| Jun 14, 2022, 1:10 AM | 2.2 | 5.9 km | 4.6 km |
| Jun 10, 2022, 5:01 AM | 2.4 | 5.5 km | 3.5 km |
| Jun 8, 2022, 5:12 PM | 2.7 | 6.9 km | 2.6 km |
| Aug 15, 2022, 5:31 PM | 2.3 | 9.9 km | 5.4 km |
| Aug 15, 2022, 8:50 PM | 2.1 | 9.9 km | 3.2 km |
| Nov 12, 2022, 1:01 AM | 2.4 | 9.8 km | 4.0 km |
| Nov 21, 2022, 1:01 AM | 2.3 | 4.7 km | 4.2 km |
| Dec 28, 2022, 5:05 PM | 2.6 | 9.7 km | 4.0 km |
| Jan 18, 2022, 12:16 AM | 2.4 | 4.9 km | 5.7 km |
| Dec 7, 2021, 10:55 PM | 2.1 | 3.8 km | 5.6 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Nov 6, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000108440 | 2.7 km | 15,000 | 5,230–7,350 |
| Thompson SWD #2 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000108442 | 2.9 km | 15,000 | 5,230–7,350 |
| Big Chief #7501SW | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000109711 | 5.2 km | 20,000 | 5,211–8,000 |
| Elizabeth SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000115585 | 6.3 km | 15,000 | 5,225–7,000 |
| Faraday 23 #2SW | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000110979 | 7.7 km | 20,000 | 5,250–6,900 |
| Coyote 48 #1SW | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000107865 | 7.8 km | 15,000 | 5,250–6,900 |
| Gillespie #1 | Vaquero Operating | 000081262 | 8.6 km | 5,000 | 5,350–5,990 |
| 007 SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000112603 | 8.6 km | 30,000 | 5,100–6,750 |
| Coyote 48 #3SW | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000110926 | 8.9 km | 20,000 | 5,250–6,900 |
| Kristin T "65" #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000108174 | 9 km | 10,000 | 5,500–6,640 |
| Coyote 48 #2SW | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000110925 | 9.1 km | 20,000 | 5,250–6,900 |
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About this data
Event tx2022nkov 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/tx2022nkov, documented in the API reference.