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EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2022OWAZ

Magnitude 3.2 18 km SE of Ackerly, Texas

Sunday, July 31, 2022, 1:58:57 AM Central · 2022-07-31 06:58:57 UTC

A magnitude 3.2 earthquake 18 km SE of Ackerly, Texas on July 31, 2022 at 1:58 AM Central, 4.2 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 73 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.8 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 395,880 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

40 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 229,545 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.2
ML, reviewed
4.2
km deep · 13,640 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
73
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,372
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4005, -101.5866
County area
Howard 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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jul 25, 2022, 1:18 AM3.33.1 km7.7 km
Aug 12, 2022, 2:04 AM3.42.2 km5.8 km
Jul 16, 2022, 6:21 PM2.40.9 km4.7 km
Aug 14, 2022, 10:56 AM2.43.5 km7.5 km
Aug 18, 2022, 11:15 AM2.21.7 km6.9 km
Aug 26, 2022, 9:30 AM3.11.3 km11.4 km
Jun 16, 2022, 8:48 PM2.55.3 km7.6 km
Jun 16, 2022, 2:56 PM3.65.4 km8.4 km
Jun 16, 2022, 2:39 PM2.73 km8.0 km
Jun 11, 2022, 3:24 AM2.82.2 km3.3 km
Sep 19, 2022, 11:42 AM2.35.6 km7.3 km
Jun 6, 2022, 1:53 PM2.61.3 km9.7 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Jun 6, 2022.

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. 40 of these report daily to TexNet: 230K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Stasey #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0000849680.8 km1,5003,300–6,000
Knott SWD #2DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001147801.4 km20,00010,380–12,000
Knott SWD #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001080172.1 km20,0003,700–6,000
Shroyer #2DSurge Operating, LLC0001155972.4 km20,0008,850–12,500
87 Airstrip SWD #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001149482.4 km20,00010,340–11,500
Beall SWD #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0001156913 km25,00010,000–11,500
Son of Big Bad #1Mid River Midstream LLC0000681304 km12,5003,430–6,059
Elrod-Antell #1DSurge Operating, LLC0001156084.2 km25,0008,850–12,500
Ray, Dois #1P4 Operating, LLC0001107364.7 km25,0003,104–3,230
Hughes #1DSurge Operating, LLC0001115354.7 km15,0003,200–5,450
Andre the Giant SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001177004.9 km80,00010,500–11,500
Garrett-Snell Unit B 36-25 #1DSurge Operating, LLC0001147835.4 km25,0008,900–12,500
Lloyd SWD #2New Height Energy, LLC0000970015.5 km8,0002,714–3,122
Hulkster SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001175685.6 km60,00010,871–11,380
Cottonmouth #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001220845.9 km38,88010,440–11,955

Disposal in Howard County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2022owaz 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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