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EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022WCAA

Magnitude 2.7 western Texas

Thursday, November 10, 2022, 10:08:15 PM Central · 2022-11-11 04:08:15 UTC

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake western Texas on November 10, 2022 at 10:08 PM Central, 2.7 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 176 M2+ events 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 1.6 km away and operated by Rattler Midstream Operating LLC; together they hold 206,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.7
ML, reviewed
2.7
km deep · 8,984 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
176
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
306
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1100, -103.2440
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Nov 12, 2022, 1:01 AM2.43.1 km4.0 km
Nov 13, 2022, 2:42 PM2.36.4 km-0.8 km
Nov 3, 2022, 9:56 AM2.56.8 km1.1 km
Nov 21, 2022, 1:01 AM2.39.2 km4.2 km
Oct 30, 2022, 6:17 PM2.05 km2.2 km
Nov 22, 2022, 4:28 PM2.21.9 km1.6 km
Feb 3, 2023, 11:31 AM2.25.3 km10.0 km
Aug 16, 2022, 1:51 AM2.03.3 km3.4 km
Aug 15, 2022, 8:50 PM2.12.9 km3.2 km
Aug 15, 2022, 6:45 PM2.98.5 km4.4 km
Aug 15, 2022, 5:31 PM2.35.2 km5.4 km
Jul 27, 2022, 2:57 PM2.03.5 km4.9 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Lindsay #1DRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001188801.6 km10,0006,000–8,100
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983281.9 km1,5005,250–5,392
Hawg SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059292.1 km20,0005,200–8,000
Coyote 48 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109254 km20,0005,250–6,900
Belle SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144314.1 km15,0005,360–6,860
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136364.2 km20,0005,500–7,500
Zauk 39 #1SWRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001122784.4 km20,0005,350–8,000
Coyote 48 #3SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109264.6 km20,0005,250–6,900
Coyote 48 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078655.1 km15,0005,250–6,900
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127455.1 km12,0005,250–6,900
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Operating, LLC0000646085.4 km5005,221–5,241
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127445.5 km12,0006,020–6,405
Ethan SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144306.6 km15,0005,330–6,790
Old Courtney Ranch Co SWD #1Rattler Midstream Operating LLC0001180227.5 km20,0005,930–7,950
Gillespie #1Vaquero Operating0000812627.5 km5,0005,350–5,990

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

About this data

Event tx2022wcaa 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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