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EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2023CJTS

Magnitude 2.1 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

Friday, February 3, 2023, 1:15:09 PM Central · 2023-02-03 19:15:09 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on February 3, 2023 at 1:15 PM Central, 6.7 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 79 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.7 km away and operated by DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC; together they hold 395,880 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

45 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 243,433 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
6.7
km deep · 21,904 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
79
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,532
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.3886, -101.6219
County area
Howard County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Feb 7, 2023, 7:01 AM2.00.9 km8.8 km
Nov 3, 2022, 9:15 AM2.33.5 km5.3 km
Sep 19, 2022, 11:42 AM2.32.3 km7.3 km
Aug 26, 2022, 9:30 AM3.12.3 km11.4 km
Aug 18, 2022, 11:15 AM2.25.2 km6.9 km
Aug 14, 2022, 10:56 AM2.41.6 km7.5 km
Aug 12, 2022, 2:04 AM3.44.5 km5.8 km
Jul 29, 2023, 6:16 PM3.32.9 km8.7 km
Jul 29, 2023, 8:08 PM2.33.5 km7.1 km
Jul 31, 2023, 4:25 AM3.53.8 km5.8 km
Jul 31, 2022, 1:58 AM3.23.6 km4.2 km
Jul 25, 2022, 1:18 AM3.30.6 km7.7 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Jun 6, 2022.

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. 45 of these report daily to TexNet: 243K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Knott SWD #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001080172.7 km20,0003,700–6,000
Cottonmouth #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001220842.7 km38,88010,440–11,955
Andre the Giant SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001177002.9 km80,00010,500–11,500
Knott SWD #2DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001147803 km20,00010,380–12,000
Stasey #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0000849683.6 km1,5003,300–6,000
Hulkster SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001175683.7 km60,00010,871–11,380
West Knott SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001053754.3 km20,0003,340–4,800
Beall SWD #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0001156914.5 km25,00010,000–11,500
Nichols 17 #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001100314.8 km15,0003,300–6,620
Hughes SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc0001094735.1 km35,0003,200–4,800
Ray, Dois #1P4 Operating, LLC0001107365.4 km25,0003,104–3,230
Son of Big Bad #1Mid River Midstream LLC0000681305.6 km12,5003,430–6,059
87 Airstrip SWD #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001149485.7 km20,00010,340–11,500
Hughes #1DSurge Operating, LLC0001115355.7 km15,0003,200–5,450
Lloyd SWD #2New Height Energy, LLC0000970015.9 km8,0002,714–3,122

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About this data

Event tx2023cjts 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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