EARTHQUAKES · JEFF DAVIS AREA · TX2023AOLQ
Magnitude 3.2 9 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
Sunday, January 8, 2023, 3:47:29 PM Central · 2023-01-08 21:47:29 UTC
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake 9 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas on January 8, 2023 at 3:47 PM Central, 10.7 km deep, in the Jeff Davis County area.
It is one of 45 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 4 of them in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC; together they hold 90,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.2
- ML, reviewed
- 10.7
- km deep · 35,132 ft
- 4
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 45
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 71
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0064, -103.6458
- County area
- Jeff Davis County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2022, 1:52 PM | 2.0 | 0.4 km | 8.5 km |
| Dec 26, 2022, 8:14 AM | 2.2 | 7.5 km | 9.4 km |
| Dec 23, 2022, 9:56 AM | 2.0 | 7.2 km | 4.7 km |
| Dec 23, 2022, 3:51 AM | 2.2 | 6.5 km | 4.5 km |
| Jan 28, 2023, 6:54 AM | 2.2 | 7.5 km | 10.0 km |
| Nov 25, 2022, 12:17 AM | 2.0 | 9.4 km | 9.8 km |
| Nov 24, 2022, 10:30 PM | 2.4 | 4.5 km | 8.7 km |
| Mar 13, 2023, 1:24 AM | 2.2 | 2.6 km | 9.7 km |
| Apr 22, 2023, 11:43 PM | 2.1 | 9.9 km | 0.7 km |
| Jun 14, 2022, 1:57 AM | 2.1 | 5.4 km | 4.0 km |
| May 21, 2022, 3:29 AM | 2.1 | 9.8 km | 3.4 km |
| Jan 12, 2024, 11:26 AM | 2.3 | 3 km | 1.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.2 on Jun 5, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist 13-176 SWD #2 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000117765 | 6 km | 20,000 | 4,950–6,550 |
| Baptist 13-223 #1 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000113258 | 6.9 km | 20,000 | 4,587–6,975 |
| Sea Trek SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000112619 | 7.4 km | 30,000 | 4,800–7,700 |
| Wm ES TX Reeves Co Sswd #1 | Wm Energy Svcs of TX, LLC | 000105736 | 8.9 km | 20,000 | 4,850–7,350 |
Disposal in Jeff Davis County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2023aolq, as published by the 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2023aolq, documented in the API reference.