EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022PYSR

Magnitude 2.9 20 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas

Monday, August 15, 2022, 6:45:27 PM Central · 2022-08-15 23:45:27 UTC

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake 20 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on August 15, 2022 at 6:45 PM Central, 4.4 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 152 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.2 km away and operated by VTX Engy Oper, LLC; together they hold 246,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

6 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 29,132 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.9: ML, reviewed
4.4: km deep · 14,382 ft
2: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
152: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
479: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.1826, -103.2705
County area: Reeves County
On a map: OpenStreetMap ↗
Catalog: TexNet earthquake catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

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

When	Mag	Distance	Depth
Aug 15, 2022, 5:31 PM	2.3	6.7 km	5.4 km
Aug 15, 2022, 8:50 PM	2.1	9.7 km	3.2 km
Jul 27, 2022, 2:57 PM	2.0	8.8 km	4.9 km
Jul 9, 2022, 7:41 AM	2.0	8.7 km	1.3 km
Jul 8, 2022, 8:01 PM	2.0	6.7 km	5.4 km
Jun 28, 2022, 11:02 AM	2.4	9.6 km	2.8 km
Jun 24, 2022, 6:54 AM	2.5	6.3 km	3.9 km
Jun 8, 2022, 5:12 PM	2.7	9.6 km	2.6 km
Oct 28, 2022, 11:03 PM	2.5	8.3 km	7.4 km
Oct 30, 2022, 6:17 PM	2.0	3.4 km	2.2 km
Nov 3, 2022, 9:56 AM	2.5	1.7 km	1.1 km
Nov 10, 2022, 10:08 PM	2.7	8.5 km	2.7 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Nov 29, 2020.

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. 6 of these report daily to TexNet: 29.1K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
WBR 47 #1SW	VTX Engy Oper, LLC	000113869	2.2 km	20,000	5,500–7,500
Chaparral "B" #1	Blue Arrow Oper, LLC	000064608	3.7 km	500	5,221–5,241
WBR 18 #1SW	VTX Engy Oper, LLC	000113636	4.3 km	20,000	5,500–7,500
Hippo 22 #1SW	VTX Engy Oper, LLC	000105012	4.7 km	20,000	5,850–6,500
Lucas 23 #1SW	Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC	000112744	5 km	12,000	6,020–6,405
VJ Ranch-Sable "25" #1SW	Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC	000104414	5.6 km	20,000	5,100–6,470
Lucas 23 #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC	000112745	5.7 km	12,000	5,250–6,900
VJ Ranch-Sable "25" #2WD	Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC	000112662	6.2 km	20,000	5,200–7,300
Salty Brigham 10 #1SW	Rattler Midstream Oper LLC	000110984	6.4 km	20,000	6,050–7,800
Red Horse "29" #1W	Shenandoah Petro Corp	000098328	6.6 km	1,500	5,250–5,392
Hyena 15 #1SW	VTX Engy Oper, LLC	000113868	6.7 km	20,000	5,500–7,500
Cheetah "11" #1SW	VTX Engy Oper, LLC	000108782	6.7 km	20,000	5,885–6,904
VJ Ranch-Sable "25" #3WD	Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC	000112664	6.7 km	20,000	5,200–7,300
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-9 #2SW	Texaco E & P Inc	000112683	6.8 km	25,000	5,000–6,470
Pecos Southeast SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000105699	7 km	15,000	5,450–6,850

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

About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2022pysr, as published by the 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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