EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2023DFIN

Magnitude 2.0 6 km SE of Ackerly, Texas

Wednesday, February 15, 2023, 8:35:08 AM Central · 2023-02-15 14:35:08 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 6 km SE of Ackerly, Texas on February 15, 2023 at 8:35 AM Central, 8.1 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 28 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.4.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.1 km away and operated by Apache Corporation; together they hold 367,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

29 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 240,014 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0: ML, reviewed
8.1: km deep · 26,719 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
28: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,023: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4820, -101.6691
County area: Howard 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
Feb 15, 2023, 8:55 AM	2.1	0.1 km	9.2 km
Jan 30, 2023, 12:55 AM	2.6	1.4 km	8.9 km
Mar 17, 2023, 3:50 PM	3.2	1.5 km	8.5 km
Oct 30, 2022, 7:42 AM	2.4	1.4 km	6.4 km
Oct 28, 2022, 4:08 PM	3.4	0.9 km	7.6 km
Aug 14, 2022, 10:56 AM	2.4	9.7 km	7.5 km
Aug 9, 2022, 7:02 AM	2.7	9.2 km	9.7 km
Jun 16, 2022, 8:48 PM	2.5	9.7 km	7.6 km
Jun 11, 2022, 3:24 AM	2.8	9.9 km	3.3 km
Apr 25, 2022, 10:25 PM	2.1	3 km	7.7 km
Dec 22, 2023, 9:26 AM	2.1	0.6 km	8.1 km
Dec 23, 2023, 1:18 AM	2.1	0.6 km	7.2 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.4 on Oct 28, 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. 29 of these report daily to TexNet: 240K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Iden 31 SWD #1D	Apache Corporation	000119831	1.1 km	35,000	10,965–13,000
Gilbert, G. Wright. Jr. Estate #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000067994	1.9 km	15,000	9,350–9,650
Wright SWD #1 A	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000081287	2.1 km	15,000	4,085–4,255
Gaskins 43 #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000113169	3.3 km	40,000	9,350–11,900
Atlantic SWD #1	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000114289	3.5 km	30,000	3,334–4,567
Massingill 20 SWD #1D	Apache Corporation	000115201	3.8 km	30,000	10,900–13,000
Champagnes SWD #1	P4 Operating, LLC	000113831	4.5 km	25,000	5,350–9,600
Diamondback-Smith #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000117855	4.6 km	30,000	10,600–12,000
Iden SWD #4A	P4 Operating, LLC	000113829	4.6 km	25,000	3,700–4,900
Diamondback-Smith SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000114753	4.7 km	30,000	3,180–4,900
Robinson 6 #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000116373	4.7 km	40,000	10,450–11,580
Johnson, DC Disposal #202	Aqua Terra Permian, LLC	000070434	5.3 km	10,000	3,723–4,600
Allred SWD #1	P4 Operating, LLC	000045228	5.4 km	5,000	3,749–5,641
Lester #1	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000110720	5.5 km	7,500	4,400–9,100
Ackerly '15' #1WD	Rock Fish Operating LLC	000118894	6.4 km	30,000	4,000–4,600

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About this data

Event tx2023dfin 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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