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EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2023CJQE

Magnitude 2.2 17 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

Friday, February 3, 2023, 11:31:48 AM Central · 2023-02-03 17:31:48 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 17 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on February 3, 2023 at 11:31 AM Central, 10.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 149 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.3 km away and operated by Blue Arrow Oper, LLC; together they hold 233,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.2
ML, reviewed
10.0
km deep · 32,686 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
149
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
468
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1524, -103.2195
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Catalog
TexNet earthquake catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Nov 22, 2022, 4:28 PM2.24.7 km1.6 km
Apr 24, 2023, 3:40 PM2.45 km1.5 km
Apr 24, 2023, 3:43 PM2.34.7 km5.8 km
Apr 24, 2023, 11:55 PM2.44.4 km1.0 km
Nov 13, 2022, 2:42 PM2.34.1 km-0.8 km
Nov 12, 2022, 1:01 AM2.48.3 km4.0 km
Nov 10, 2022, 10:08 PM2.75.3 km2.7 km
Nov 3, 2022, 9:56 AM2.54.6 km1.1 km
Oct 30, 2022, 6:17 PM2.04.2 km2.2 km
May 13, 2023, 3:11 AM2.34.5 km0.8 km
May 18, 2023, 3:27 AM2.16.7 km4.4 km
May 18, 2023, 3:34 AM2.64.4 km2.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Oct 7, 2026.

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
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Oper, LLC0000646082.3 km5005,221–5,241
Salty Brigham 10 #1SWRattler Midstream Oper LLC0001109842.5 km20,0006,050–7,800
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petro Corp0000983283.9 km1,5005,250–5,392
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Engy Oper, LLC0001136364.2 km20,0005,500–7,500
EL Kabong Unit 48-18-7 #1DXTO Engy Inc0001179795.2 km20,0005,700–7,738
Old Courtney Ranch Co SWD #1Rattler Midstream Oper LLC0001180225.4 km20,0005,930–7,950
Hippo 22 #1SWVTX Engy Oper, LLC0001050125.8 km20,0005,850–6,500
Hawg SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001059296.1 km20,0005,200–8,000
Warthog 19 #1SWVTX Engy Oper, LLC0001092276.7 km12,0005,700–7,500
Lindsay #1DRattler Midstream Oper LLC0001188806.7 km10,0006,000–8,100
EL Kabong Unit 48-17-8 #1DXTO Engy Inc0001179846.7 km30,0005,310–6,436
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001127446.8 km12,0006,020–6,405
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001127457 km12,0005,250–6,900
Zauk 39 #1SWRattler Midstream Oper LLC0001122787.3 km20,0005,350–8,000
Puff Adder 16 #1SWVTX Engy Oper, LLC0001160057.9 km15,0005,500–7,500

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

About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2023cjqe, 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.

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