EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2023EPLA
Magnitude 2.4 26 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 2:44:34 AM Central · 2023-03-07 08:44:34 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 26 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas on March 7, 2023 at 2:44 AM Central, 3.9 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 35 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.3.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 3.9
- km deep · 12,779 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 35
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 0
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 17
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 30.8863, -103.4927
- County area
- Reeves 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 20, 2023, 10:09 PM | 2.3 | 2.7 km | 4.6 km |
| Mar 27, 2023, 5:38 AM | 2.4 | 8.4 km | 4.4 km |
| Apr 18, 2023, 10:38 PM | 2.3 | 2.4 km | 9.7 km |
| Apr 28, 2023, 7:23 AM | 2.2 | 2.1 km | 4.2 km |
| Jun 3, 2023, 5:50 PM | 2.2 | 2.9 km | 1.9 km |
| Jun 10, 2023, 3:36 PM | 2.0 | 3.9 km | 2.9 km |
| Nov 10, 2022, 6:03 AM | 2.1 | 9.1 km | 7.6 km |
| Aug 9, 2023, 7:07 AM | 2.1 | 9.7 km | 6.0 km |
| Oct 7, 2023, 11:20 AM | 2.7 | 3.5 km | 7.4 km |
| Nov 10, 2023, 8:32 AM | 2.2 | 0.8 km | 2.5 km |
| Jun 12, 2022, 6:22 AM | 2.9 | 7.6 km | 2.8 km |
| May 25, 2022, 5:36 AM | 2.2 | 9.3 km | 3.4 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Apr 4, 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.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km of the epicenter.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023epla 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/tx2023epla, documented in the API reference.