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EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2023CROR

Magnitude 2.0 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 7:46:45 PM Central · 2023-02-08 01:46:45 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on February 7, 2023 at 7:46 PM Central, 10.8 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 232 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.2 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 298,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

27 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 138,365 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
10.8
km deep · 35,545 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
232
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
985
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4326, -102.1171
County area
Dawson 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
Feb 12, 2023, 10:33 AM2.00.8 km9.3 km
Feb 2, 2023, 9:34 PM2.35.9 km10.5 km
Jan 21, 2023, 8:33 AM2.52.7 km9.2 km
Mar 13, 2023, 8:48 AM2.47 km6.9 km
Mar 14, 2023, 5:47 PM3.19.3 km9.3 km
Mar 17, 2023, 3:40 AM2.55.7 km3.0 km
Mar 19, 2023, 3:54 AM2.08.6 km9.3 km
Mar 28, 2023, 3:25 AM2.310 km9.1 km
Apr 6, 2023, 9:00 PM2.16.1 km8.4 km
Dec 6, 2022, 2:04 AM2.17.2 km8.3 km
Apr 15, 2023, 10:59 PM2.16.9 km8.6 km
Dec 2, 2022, 8:28 AM3.04 km9.8 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 2024.

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. 27 of these report daily to TexNet: 138K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246511.2 km30,0003,988–5,308
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260902.8 km20,0004,200–5,228
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47Ovintiv USA Inc.0000998954.4 km10,00011,242–12,617
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001159754.9 km30,00012,380–13,965
Pinotage SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001062815.5 km20,0005,550–6,175
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49Ovintiv USA Inc.0001051215.5 km10,00011,745–12,675
Univ. 14-7 #3DOvintiv USA Inc.0000189435.7 km7,5004,525–5,470
University "7-15" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001154425.8 km25,0004,500–5,600
Herding Cats #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001190036.2 km30,00012,250–14,500
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24DOvintiv USA Inc.0000107176.6 km10,00010,910–12,424
Mabee Foundation #1REDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001034136.6 km15,0005,550–6,175
Big Sipper #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001188166.7 km30,00012,000–14,500
University 7-27 SWD #D 2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001153396.9 km40,00012,700–14,200
Mabee Breedlove Clearfork Unit #2Permex Petroleum Corporation0000969767.5 km1,0007,105–7,228
University SWD #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001101147.7 km20,0004,800–5,550

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About this data

Event tx2023cror 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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