EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2023LDYB

Magnitude 2.0 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 11:25:06 AM Central · 2023-06-08 16:25:06 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on June 8, 2023 at 11:25 AM Central, 10.9 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 220 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 2.2 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 240,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

24 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 125,813 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0: ML, reviewed
10.9: km deep · 35,866 ft
2: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
220: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
963: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4417, -102.1214
County area: Dawson 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
Jun 7, 2023, 8:03 PM	2.6	3.2 km	1.9 km
Jun 9, 2023, 9:33 PM	2.4	0.6 km	10.6 km
Jun 1, 2023, 4:03 PM	2.3	2.6 km	7.2 km
Jun 29, 2023, 10:28 AM	2.5	0.2 km	7.8 km
Jun 30, 2023, 10:11 PM	2.5	0.2 km	7.9 km
Jul 12, 2023, 6:37 AM	2.6	4.2 km	9.3 km
May 2, 2023, 6:10 PM	2.0	0.4 km	11.2 km
Apr 15, 2023, 10:59 PM	2.1	6.7 km	8.6 km
Aug 1, 2023, 11:44 AM	2.0	8.4 km	6.2 km
Apr 6, 2023, 9:00 PM	2.1	7.1 km	8.4 km
Aug 19, 2023, 5:19 PM	2.2	4.3 km	11.5 km
Aug 21, 2023, 11:11 PM	3.4	9.8 km	10.6 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. 24 of these report daily to TexNet: 126K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Breedlove Ursa #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000124651	2.2 km	30,000	3,988–5,308
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000099895	3.5 km	10,000	11,242–12,617
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000115975	3.8 km	30,000	12,380–13,965
Corsica SWD 2 #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000126090	3.9 km	20,000	4,200–5,228
Pinotage SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000106281	4.4 km	20,000	5,550–6,175
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000105121	4.8 km	10,000	11,745–12,675
Herding Cats #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000119003	5.2 km	30,000	12,250–14,500
Mabee Foundation #1RE	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000103413	5.5 km	15,000	5,550–6,175
Univ. 14-7 #3D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000018943	5.6 km	7,500	4,525–5,470
Big Sipper #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000118816	5.7 km	30,000	12,000–14,500
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000010717	5.8 km	10,000	10,910–12,424
University "7-15" #1D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000115442	6 km	25,000	4,500–5,600
Mabee Breedlove Clearfork Unit #2	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096976	6.5 km	1,000	7,105–7,228
Carter Clearfork Unit #7	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096687	6.9 km	1,000	7,155–7,212
Carter Clearfork Unit #2	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096688	7.2 km	1,000	7,210–7,224

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About this data

Event tx2023ldyb 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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