EARTHQUAKES · SCURRY AREA · TX2022PFLD

Magnitude 2.5 15 km N of Snyder, Texas

Friday, August 5, 2022, 5:19:55 AM Central · 2022-08-05 10:19:55 UTC

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 15 km N of Snyder, Texas on August 5, 2022 at 5:19 AM Central, 4.5 km deep, in the Scurry County area.

It is one of 95 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0 km away and operated by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; together they hold 232,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.5
ML, reviewed
4.5
km deep · 14,924 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
95
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
246
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.8546, -100.9263
County area
Scurry 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
Aug 7, 2022, 1:38 AM2.22.2 km9.0 km
Aug 20, 2022, 4:44 AM2.82.9 km5.6 km
Aug 21, 2022, 8:45 AM3.21.9 km3.3 km
Sep 9, 2022, 2:30 PM2.04.9 km7.7 km
Jun 15, 2022, 11:24 AM2.22.2 km3.8 km
Jun 15, 2022, 2:26 AM2.53.9 km3.8 km
Jun 15, 2022, 2:14 AM3.13 km3.8 km
Jun 3, 2022, 2:34 PM2.26.9 km3.8 km
Dec 5, 2022, 5:27 PM2.19.1 km7.7 km
Dec 13, 2022, 11:49 AM2.45.4 km0.0 km
Mar 15, 2022, 12:16 PM2.65.6 km4.2 km
Jan 22, 2023, 12:53 PM2.24.8 km7.7 km

Largest nearby on record: M4.0 on Sep 30, 2019.

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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Sacroc Unit #17-8AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001126380 km15,0006,535–7,250
Sacroc Unit #17A-2AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001095100.4 km15,0006,566–7,250
Sacroc Unit #17A-6AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001098020.4 km15,0006,378–7,250
Sacroc Unit #17A-2BKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001117640.4 km15,0006,620–7,250
Sacroc Unit #11-4AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001101290.4 km15,0006,585–7,250
Sacroc Unit #17A-6BKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001082940.4 km15,0006,344–7,250
Sacroc Unit #15-13Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001122650.5 km15,0006,724–7,250
Sacroc Unit #11-2AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001092140.5 km15,0006,412–7,250
Sacroc Unit #11-2BKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001099710.6 km15,0006,331–7,250
Sacroc Unit #17A-4BKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001081170.6 km15,0006,390–7,250
Sacroc Unit #17A-4AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001081180.6 km15,0006,330–7,250
Sacroc Unit #15-11Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001119000.6 km15,0006,704–7,250
Brown, J. W. "4" #5Petex0000879910.7 km2,0004,870–4,920
Sacroc Unit #17-5AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001086280.8 km15,0006,277–7,250
Sacroc Unit #27-21HKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001090920.8 km35,0006,350–7,250

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About this data

Event tx2022pfld 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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