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EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · TX2022XVIM

Magnitude 2.1 23 km N of Snyder, Texas

Monday, December 5, 2022, 5:27:49 PM Central · 2022-12-05 23:27:49 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 23 km N of Snyder, Texas on December 5, 2022 at 5:27 PM Central, 7.7 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 78 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 192,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
7.7
km deep · 25,114 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
78
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
112
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.9324, -100.8952
County area
Kent 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
Jan 23, 2023, 5:42 AM2.26 km6.8 km
Feb 6, 2023, 8:56 AM3.06.9 km5.6 km
Feb 11, 2023, 4:29 PM2.45.8 km5.6 km
Sep 27, 2022, 11:06 AM2.73.7 km5.0 km
Feb 19, 2023, 10:45 AM2.22.1 km5.2 km
Feb 19, 2023, 10:47 AM2.01.6 km5.3 km
Sep 9, 2022, 2:30 PM2.04.4 km7.7 km
Apr 4, 2023, 5:26 AM2.02.1 km4.8 km
Aug 5, 2022, 5:19 AM2.59.1 km4.5 km
Apr 27, 2023, 4:55 PM2.68.3 km5.4 km
Jun 3, 2022, 2:34 PM2.23.3 km3.8 km
Jul 29, 2023, 2:17 AM3.19 km3.7 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6404Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958300.1 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6424Occidental Permian Ltd.0001078440.2 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6392Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958290.4 km13,0006,200–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6406Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958310.4 km13,0006,200–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6367Occidental Permian Ltd.0000885560.4 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6423Occidental Permian Ltd.0001078430.5 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6407Occidental Permian Ltd.0000895320.5 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6355Occidental Permian Ltd.0000495670.6 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6425Occidental Permian Ltd.0001078450.6 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6376Occidental Permian Ltd.0000889530.7 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6409Occidental Permian Ltd.0000956210.8 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6411Occidental Permian Ltd.0000956230.9 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6375Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958240.9 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6433Occidental Permian Ltd.0001146310.9 km10,0006,500–7,300
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6377Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958251 km13,0006,200–7,200

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About this data

Event tx2022xvim 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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