EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2022PITH

Magnitude 2.2 28 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

Sunday, August 7, 2022, 12:52:24 AM Central · 2022-08-07 05:52:24 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 28 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on August 7, 2022 at 12:52 AM Central, 7.9 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 163 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.2 km away and operated by Diamondback E&P LLC; together they hold 196,950 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

22 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 229,353 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.2: ML, reviewed
7.9: km deep · 25,916 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
163: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
686: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4655, -102.0121
County area: Dawson 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
Aug 8, 2022, 1:40 AM	2.0	5.5 km	8.8 km
Jul 25, 2022, 5:56 AM	2.3	1.3 km	6.4 km
Sep 2, 2022, 11:30 AM	2.7	4.2 km	5.2 km
Jun 22, 2022, 6:24 AM	2.3	2.7 km	6.5 km
Oct 2, 2022, 5:25 PM	2.2	2.9 km	9.8 km
Oct 2, 2022, 5:56 PM	2.4	3.8 km	5.8 km
Oct 2, 2022, 8:43 PM	3.3	2.7 km	9.0 km
Oct 2, 2022, 8:53 PM	2.4	4 km	11.9 km
Oct 8, 2022, 3:07 AM	2.1	4.5 km	8.5 km
Oct 8, 2022, 1:43 PM	2.0	4.1 km	8.3 km
Oct 10, 2022, 4:49 PM	2.2	5.1 km	8.0 km
May 15, 2022, 2:46 AM	2.1	6 km	13.7 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 2024.

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. 22 of these report daily to TexNet: 229K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
O'Neal #1D	Diamondback E&P LLC	000010722	3.2 km	10,000	4,250–4,800
Cox 11 SWD #1	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000103581	4.7 km	30,000	4,600–5,204
Vogler #1	Discovery Operating, Inc.	000101187	6.1 km	4,000	4,320–5,210
Duke #2	Deep Blue Central LLC	000117832	6.8 km	10,000	3,800–5,050
East Milagro Unit #1603	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000109610	7.4 km	750	8,120–8,232
East Milagro Unit #1601	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000102990	7.6 km	750	8,216–8,228
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000105121	7.8 km	10,000	11,745–12,675
East Milagro Unit #2401	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000102991	7.8 km	750	8,196–8,330
East Milagro Unit #401	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000102971	8 km	750	8,182–8,200
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000010717	8.2 km	10,000	10,910–12,424
Jensen SWD #1	Deep Blue Central LLC	000122261	8.4 km	20,000	4,099–5,175
Jones-Holton SWD #2WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000105567	8.4 km	20,000	4,200–5,700
Slaughter, Elma L., -J- #1D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000104249	8.6 km	25,000	4,100–5,000
O'Neal Eoff #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000118958	8.8 km	30,000	3,940–5,000
Gus McCrea SWD #2	Deep Blue Central LLC	000120014	9 km	24,950	4,426–6,238

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About this data

Event tx2022pith 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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