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EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2022PMWN

Magnitude 2.7 11 km S of Ackerly, Texas

Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 7:02:28 AM Central · 2022-08-09 12:02:28 UTC

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 11 km S of Ackerly, Texas on August 9, 2022 at 7:02 AM Central, 9.7 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 40 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 355,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

35 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 272,662 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.7
MLV, reviewed
9.7
km deep · 31,773 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
40
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,327
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4207, -101.7345
County area
Howard County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Sep 19, 2022, 11:42 AM2.38.9 km7.3 km
Jun 16, 2022, 8:48 PM2.58.9 km7.6 km
Jun 16, 2022, 2:56 PM3.69.1 km8.4 km
Oct 28, 2022, 4:08 PM3.49.5 km7.6 km
Oct 30, 2022, 7:42 AM2.49.9 km6.4 km
Nov 3, 2022, 9:15 AM2.39.3 km5.3 km
Apr 25, 2022, 10:25 PM2.19.8 km7.7 km
Apr 2, 2022, 2:11 AM2.49.4 km1.8 km
Mar 18, 2022, 7:45 PM3.29.8 km5.1 km
Mar 14, 2022, 9:59 PM2.11 km4.7 km
Jan 30, 2023, 12:55 AM2.69.4 km8.9 km
Feb 15, 2023, 8:35 AM2.09.2 km8.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Jun 16, 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. 35 of these report daily to TexNet: 273K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Shortes, L. O. #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0000753550 km5,0004,392–5,026
Blagrave SWD 5 #1Aqua Terra Permian, LLC0001159430.6 km40,00010,600–12,000
Gorgon #2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001203281.4 km25,0003,575–5,275
Gorgon #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001199081.9 km30,00010,500–13,000
7H SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001167983 km20,0003,270–5,085
Brumley 62 SWD #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001254453.4 km20,0003,340–5,330
Arrowhead 3 #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0000849503.4 km10,0003,607–6,700
Triton SWD #1SM Energy Company0001194164.1 km50,00010,600–12,120
Knott #1Junction Resources OP, LLC0001050434.7 km20,0003,000–4,475
Johnson, DC Disposal #202Aqua Terra Permian, LLC0000704344.9 km10,0003,723–4,600
Daytona 66 #1HWPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001045855.3 km15,0004,128–5,378
Diamondback-Smith SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001147535.6 km30,0003,180–4,900
Atlantic SWD #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001142895.7 km30,0003,334–4,567
Tennison 46 #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001168425.9 km30,00010,250–12,587
Tennison 46 SWD #1WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001097376 km20,0002,950–4,800

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About this data

Event tx2022pmwn 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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