EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2022TWXB

Magnitude 2.2 33 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Monday, October 10, 2022, 4:49:12 PM Central · 2022-10-10 21:49:12 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 33 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on October 10, 2022 at 4:49 PM Central, 8.0 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 229 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 7 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 4.7 km away and operated by Ovintiv USA Inc.; together they hold 233,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

25 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 203,247 barrels a day in September 2026.

M2.2: ML, reviewed
8.0: km deep · 26,237 ft
7: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
229: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
784: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4454, -102.0614
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
Oct 8, 2022, 1:43 PM	2.0	1.1 km	8.3 km
Oct 8, 2022, 3:07 AM	2.1	0.9 km	8.5 km
Oct 3, 2022, 9:18 AM	2.2	6 km	4.2 km
Oct 2, 2022, 8:53 PM	2.4	1.9 km	11.9 km
Oct 2, 2022, 8:43 PM	3.3	2.7 km	9.0 km
Oct 2, 2022, 5:56 PM	2.4	1.6 km	5.8 km
Oct 2, 2022, 5:25 PM	2.2	2.4 km	9.8 km
Sep 2, 2022, 11:30 AM	2.7	1 km	5.2 km
Nov 25, 2022, 5:27 AM	2.6	1.9 km	9.3 km
Dec 2, 2022, 8:28 AM	3.0	2 km	9.8 km
Dec 6, 2022, 2:04 AM	2.1	9.6 km	8.3 km
Aug 8, 2022, 1:40 AM	2.0	0.5 km	8.8 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. 25 of these report daily to TexNet: 203K bbl/d in Sep 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000105121	4.7 km	10,000	11,745–12,675
O'Neal #1D	Diamondback E&P LLC	000010722	5 km	10,000	4,250–4,800
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000099895	5.5 km	10,000	11,242–12,617
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000010717	5.8 km	10,000	10,910–12,424
Breedlove Ursa #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000124651	6.1 km	30,000	3,988–5,308
Corsica SWD 2 #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000126090	6.2 km	20,000	4,200–5,228
Jones-Holton SWD #2WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000105567	7 km	20,000	4,200–5,700
Jones-Holton D #5D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000116521	7.5 km	40,000	11,000–14,000
Mabee Breedlove Clearfork Unit #2	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096976	8 km	1,000	7,105–7,228
East Milagro Unit #1603	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000109610	8.1 km	750	8,120–8,232
East Milagro Unit #1601	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000102990	8.3 km	750	8,216–8,228
Cox 11 SWD #1	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000103581	8.4 km	30,000	4,600–5,204
Pinotage SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000106281	8.5 km	20,000	5,550–6,175
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000115975	8.6 km	30,000	12,380–13,965
Carter Clearfork Unit #7	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096687	8.6 km	1,000	7,155–7,212

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About this data

Event tx2022twxb 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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