EARTHQUAKES · JEFF DAVIS AREA · TX2023HPPO

Magnitude 2.3 western Texas

Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 10:38:54 PM Central · 2023-04-19 03:38:54 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake western Texas on April 18, 2023 at 10:38 PM Central, 9.7 km deep, in the Jeff Davis 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 M3.3.

No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
9.7
km deep · 31,842 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
28
M2+ within 10 km, all time
0
active injection wells within 10 km
13
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
30.8684, -103.5071
County area
Jeff Davis 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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Apr 28, 2023, 7:23 AM2.24.3 km4.2 km
Mar 27, 2023, 5:38 AM2.47.3 km4.4 km
Mar 7, 2023, 2:44 AM2.42.4 km3.9 km
Jun 3, 2023, 5:50 PM2.23.7 km1.9 km
Jun 10, 2023, 3:36 PM2.03.6 km2.9 km
Feb 20, 2023, 10:09 PM2.31.6 km4.6 km
Nov 10, 2022, 6:03 AM2.17.9 km7.6 km
Oct 7, 2023, 11:20 AM2.72.1 km7.4 km
Nov 10, 2023, 8:32 AM2.22.9 km2.5 km
Jun 12, 2022, 6:22 AM2.99.4 km2.8 km
Apr 25, 2022, 9:59 AM2.24.5 km4.0 km
Apr 13, 2024, 3:32 PM2.71.9 km2.2 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 Jeff Davis County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2023hppo 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/tx2023hppo, documented in the API reference.