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EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2022VOEE

Magnitude 2.3 18 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

Thursday, November 3, 2022, 9:15:36 AM Central · 2022-11-03 14:15:36 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 18 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on November 3, 2022 at 9:15 AM Central, 5.3 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 79 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.8 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 468,380 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

46 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 271,419 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
5.3
km deep · 17,251 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
79
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,705
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.3721, -101.6541
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 AM2.32.4 km7.3 km
Aug 26, 2022, 9:30 AM3.15.8 km11.4 km
Aug 18, 2022, 11:15 AM2.28.8 km6.9 km
Aug 14, 2022, 10:56 AM2.44.5 km7.5 km
Aug 12, 2022, 2:04 AM3.47.9 km5.8 km
Aug 9, 2022, 7:02 AM2.79.3 km9.7 km
Feb 3, 2023, 1:15 PM2.13.5 km6.7 km
Jul 31, 2022, 1:58 AM3.27.1 km4.2 km
Feb 7, 2023, 7:01 AM2.03.7 km8.8 km
Jul 25, 2022, 1:18 AM3.34 km7.7 km
Jul 16, 2022, 6:21 PM2.47.9 km4.7 km
Jun 16, 2022, 8:48 PM2.53 km7.6 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Jun 6, 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. 46 of these report daily to TexNet: 271K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Cottonmouth #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001220841.8 km38,88010,440–11,955
Nichols 17 #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001100312 km15,0003,300–6,620
DB Hughes #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001179362.7 km30,00010,500–11,900
Diamondback-County Line SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001155082.9 km30,0003,200–4,300
Hughes SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc0001094733.1 km35,0003,200–4,800
West Knott SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001053753.2 km20,0003,340–4,800
Free Burger #2DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001173523.5 km25,00010,500–13,000
Andre the Giant SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001177003.8 km80,00010,500–11,500
Blagrave SWD 19 #1Advance Hydrocarbon Corporation0001159524.2 km40,00010,400–12,000
Fire Barrel #1DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001254534.2 km10,0003,150–4,175
TCM #2DNew Height Energy, LLC0001013914.3 km20,0003,300–5,000
Knott #1Junction Resources OP, LLC0001050434.9 km20,0003,000–4,475
Hulkster SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001175685 km60,00010,871–11,380
Knott SWD #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001080176.1 km20,0003,700–6,000
Hughes 44 SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001239246.1 km24,50010,500–12,000

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About this data

Event tx2022voee 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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