EARTHQUAKES · WISE AREA · TX2022NTTO
Magnitude 2.1 1 km WSW of Chico, Texas
Friday, July 15, 2022, 2:24:44 PM Central · 2022-07-15 19:24:44 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 1 km WSW of Chico, Texas on July 15, 2022 at 2:24 PM Central, 1.4 km deep, in the Wise County area.
No other M2+ events have been located within 10 km of this spot.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away and operated by Challenger Operating, LLC; together they hold 67,574 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 1.4
- km deep · 4,734 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 5
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 33.2895, -97.8126
- County area
- Wise County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singleton #2 | Challenger Operating, LLC | 000084862 | 3.3 km | 3,000 | 2,160–2,400 |
| Patton #2 | Nuge, LLC | 000093533 | 3.3 km | 4,000 | 2,050–2,450 |
| Singleton, George #1 | Challenger Operating, LLC | 000031313 | 3.5 km | 4,500 | 1,661–2,340 |
| Patton #1WS | Nuge, LLC | 000063996 | 3.5 km | 2,400 | 2,214–2,344 |
| Manning, E. O. #5A | Crest Operating Company | 000067027 | 3.8 km | 300 | 2,130–2,150 |
| Moser, Jeff #2 | McCutchin Petroleum Corporation | 000092809 | 4.1 km | 5,000 | 2,200–2,400 |
| Fuller #1A | Pop Operating Company | 000093390 | 5.2 km | 500 | 1,680–1,780 |
| Brunson, Kenneth #2 | Nortex Water Resources, LLC | 000097741 | 5.8 km | 25,000 | 7,200–9,200 |
| West Chico Unit #601W | Large Operating LLC | 000031304 | 5.8 km | 2,000 | 4,294–5,370 |
| Brunson, Kenneth #1WD | Nortex Water Resources, LLC | 000093178 | 5.8 km | 5,000 | 1,850–2,132 |
| West Fork Tank Trucks #1 | Nuge, LLC | 000092294 | 8.2 km | 4,000 | 1,360–2,640 |
| Morris, R. L. -A- #5 | Ipr Energy Partners, LLC | 000080105 | 8.2 km | 500 | 5,116–5,557 |
| Caughlin Unit #17 | Stephens & Johnson Operating Co. | 000037293 | 8.4 km | 250 | 3,940–3,957 |
| Mann, W. J. #2WD | Challenger Operating, LLC | 000093251 | 8.4 km | 6,624 | 1,360–2,108 |
| Mann, W. J. #1 | Challenger Operating, LLC | 000092686 | 8.6 km | 4,500 | 1,336–1,518 |
Disposal in Wise County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022ntto 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/tx2022ntto, documented in the API reference.