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EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2022XCDR

Magnitude 2.6 35 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Friday, November 25, 2022, 5:27:17 AM Central · 2022-11-25 11:27:17 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 35 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on November 25, 2022 at 5:27 AM Central, 9.3 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 238 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.3 km away and operated by Stonehill Martin, LLC; together they hold 272,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

28 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 149,837 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.6
ML, reviewed
9.3
km deep · 30,409 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
238
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
841
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4326, -102.0742
County area
Dawson County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Dec 2, 2022, 8:28 AM3.00.2 km9.8 km
Dec 6, 2022, 2:04 AM2.17.8 km8.3 km
Oct 10, 2022, 4:49 PM2.21.9 km8.0 km
Jan 10, 2023, 7:09 AM2.67 km9.1 km
Oct 8, 2022, 1:43 PM2.02.9 km8.3 km
Oct 8, 2022, 3:07 AM2.12.8 km8.5 km
Oct 3, 2022, 9:18 AM2.25.7 km4.2 km
Oct 2, 2022, 8:53 PM2.43.7 km11.9 km
Oct 2, 2022, 8:43 PM3.34.6 km9.0 km
Oct 2, 2022, 5:56 PM2.43.5 km5.8 km
Oct 2, 2022, 5:25 PM2.24.3 km9.8 km
Jan 21, 2023, 8:33 AM2.54.3 km9.2 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. 28 of these report daily to TexNet: 150K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260904.3 km20,0004,200–5,228
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246514.4 km30,0003,988–5,308
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49Ovintiv USA Inc.0001051215.4 km10,00011,745–12,675
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47Ovintiv USA Inc.0000998955.5 km10,00011,242–12,617
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24DOvintiv USA Inc.0000107176.5 km10,00010,910–12,424
Jones-Holton SWD #2WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055676.6 km20,0004,200–5,700
O'Neal #1DDiamondback E&P LLC0000107226.8 km10,0004,250–4,800
Jones-Holton D #5DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001165216.9 km40,00011,000–14,000
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001159758 km30,00012,380–13,965
Pinotage SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001062818.2 km20,0005,550–6,175
Mabee Breedlove Clearfork Unit #2Permex Petroleum Corporation0000969768.5 km1,0007,105–7,228
Big Sipper #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001188168.9 km30,00012,000–14,500
Capri SWD #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001259869 km20,0004,350–5,700
Carter Clearfork Unit #7Permex Petroleum Corporation0000966879 km1,0007,155–7,212
Jones-Holton SWD #1WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055279.1 km20,0004,200–5,632

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About this data

Event tx2022xcdr 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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