EARTHQUAKES · JEFF DAVIS AREA · TX2023BDNW
Magnitude 2.4 20 km E of Balmorhea, Texas
Monday, January 16, 2023, 9:57:13 PM Central · 2023-01-17 03:57:13 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 20 km E of Balmorhea, Texas on January 16, 2023 at 9:57 PM Central, 14.5 km deep, in the Jeff Davis County area.
It is one of 31 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.2.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away and operated by Wm Energy Svcs of TX, LLC; together they hold 105,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 14.5
- km deep · 47,531 ft
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 31
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 138
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 30.9957, -103.5322
- County area
- Jeff Davis County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2023, 6:54 AM | 2.2 | 9.7 km | 10.0 km |
| Dec 26, 2022, 8:14 AM | 2.2 | 9.1 km | 9.4 km |
| Dec 23, 2022, 9:56 AM | 2.0 | 5.6 km | 4.7 km |
| Dec 23, 2022, 3:51 AM | 2.2 | 6.2 km | 4.5 km |
| Nov 25, 2022, 12:17 AM | 2.0 | 2.6 km | 9.8 km |
| Nov 23, 2022, 4:52 PM | 2.2 | 7.4 km | 4.6 km |
| Apr 22, 2023, 11:43 PM | 2.1 | 9.8 km | 0.7 km |
| Jun 17, 2023, 6:59 AM | 2.3 | 1.4 km | 4.3 km |
| Aug 9, 2023, 7:07 AM | 2.1 | 7.5 km | 6.0 km |
| May 21, 2022, 3:29 AM | 2.1 | 1.9 km | 3.4 km |
| Jan 12, 2024, 11:26 AM | 2.3 | 9 km | 1.8 km |
| Jan 15, 2024, 1:02 AM | 2.5 | 8.9 km | 9.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wm ES TX Reeves Co Sswd #1 | Wm Energy Svcs of TX, LLC | 000105736 | 3.3 km | 20,000 | 4,850–7,350 |
| Bentz 312 SWD #1 | Crescent Energy Operating, LLC | 000107855 | 4.8 km | 25,000 | 5,200–6,700 |
| Baptist 13-223 #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000113258 | 6.1 km | 20,000 | 4,587–6,975 |
| Baptist 13-176 SWD #2 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000117765 | 6.5 km | 20,000 | 4,950–6,550 |
| Big Chief #172SW | Select Water Solutions, LLC | 000108519 | 9.6 km | 20,000 | 5,300–8,000 |
Disposal in Jeff Davis County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023bdnw 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2023bdnw, documented in the API reference.