EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · TX2022SYSF
Magnitude 2.7 western Texas
Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 11:06:02 AM Central · 2022-09-27 16:06:02 UTC
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake western Texas on September 27, 2022 at 11:06 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Kent County area.
It is one of 64 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.4 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 118,168 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.7
- ML, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,529 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 64
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 59
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.9645, -100.9049
- County area
- Kent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2022, 2:30 PM | 2.0 | 7.8 km | 7.7 km |
| Dec 5, 2022, 5:27 PM | 2.1 | 3.7 km | 7.7 km |
| Jun 3, 2022, 2:34 PM | 2.2 | 6.9 km | 3.8 km |
| Jan 23, 2023, 5:42 AM | 2.2 | 9 km | 6.8 km |
| Feb 6, 2023, 8:56 AM | 3.0 | 9.8 km | 5.6 km |
| Feb 11, 2023, 4:29 PM | 2.4 | 8.9 km | 5.6 km |
| Feb 19, 2023, 10:45 AM | 2.2 | 5.7 km | 5.2 km |
| Feb 19, 2023, 10:47 AM | 2.0 | 5.3 km | 5.3 km |
| Apr 4, 2023, 5:26 AM | 2.0 | 5.7 km | 4.8 km |
| Mar 15, 2022, 12:16 PM | 2.6 | 7.7 km | 4.2 km |
| Dec 1, 2021, 12:51 PM | 2.0 | 2.7 km | 6.5 km |
| Nov 21, 2021, 9:11 AM | 2.4 | 8.4 km | 5.4 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #401 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022753 | 0.4 km | 1,800 | 7,006–7,116 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6083 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022850 | 1 km | 13,000 | 6,200–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #509 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000040406 | 1 km | 3,500 | 6,920–7,059 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6398 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000065356 | 1.4 km | 13,000 | 6,300–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6426 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000109595 | 1.5 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #709 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022766 | 1.5 km | 3,500 | 6,955–7,003 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #3015 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000085813 | 1.6 km | 13,000 | 6,900–9,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #501 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022754 | 1.7 km | 3,100 | 6,300–6,915 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6427 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000109602 | 1.7 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6396 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000099317 | 1.8 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6037 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022832 | 1.8 km | 1,134 | 6,805–6,899 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6397 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000095832 | 1.8 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6416 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000101882 | 1.8 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #303 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022749 | 1.9 km | 1,134 | 6,910–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6027 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000088961 | 1.9 km | — | 6,936–7,003 |
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About this data
Event tx2022sysf 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2022sysf, documented in the API reference.