EARTHQUAKES · SCURRY AREA · TX2023MNFC

Magnitude 3.3 14 km N of Snyder, Texas

Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 6:46:57 PM Central · 2023-06-27 23:46:57 UTC

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake 14 km N of Snyder, Texas on June 27, 2023 at 6:46 PM Central, 4.1 km deep, in the Scurry County area.

It is one of 88 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.8.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.2 km away and operated by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; together they hold 261,400 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M3.3
ML, reviewed
4.1
km deep · 13,560 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
88
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
288
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.8427, -100.9467
County area
Scurry 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
Jun 28, 2023, 2:20 PM2.01.7 km6.2 km
Jun 26, 2023, 6:57 AM2.22.6 km4.4 km
Jul 4, 2023, 1:35 AM2.11.5 km5.7 km
Jul 17, 2023, 6:32 AM2.42.6 km0.0 km
Jul 17, 2023, 9:02 AM2.32.6 km5.2 km
Jul 22, 2023, 4:20 PM3.40.2 km4.3 km
Jul 22, 2023, 5:22 PM2.20.5 km5.6 km
Jul 29, 2023, 2:17 AM3.14.8 km3.7 km
Jul 31, 2023, 4:29 PM3.10.8 km5.3 km
Aug 23, 2023, 2:50 PM2.19.5 km5.3 km
Aug 27, 2023, 10:05 AM2.33.8 km6.1 km
Apr 27, 2023, 4:55 PM2.62.8 km5.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.8 on Oct 1, 2019.

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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Sacroc Unit #20-05Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001023310.2 km15,0006,200–7,250
Sacroc Unit #26-2AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001016060.2 km15,0006,250–7,250
Sacroc Unit #20-4AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001088470.3 km15,0006,460–7,250
Sacroc Unit #26-1AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001014940.4 km15,0006,100–7,250
Sacroc Unit #20-06Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000237760.5 km15,0006,800–7,250
Sacroc Unit #20-02Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001096800.6 km15,0006,575–7,250
Sacroc Unit #20-1AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001088330.6 km15,0006,400–7,250
Sacroc Unit #24-1SLKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000604110.6 km35,0006,400–7,250
Sacroc Unit #18-7AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001080560.6 km15,0006,429–7,250
Sacroc Unit #11-16HKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001081630.6 km35,0006,306–6,830
Sacroc Unit #26-3AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001010750.7 km15,0006,200–7,250
Sacroc Unit #27-2AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001013540.7 km15,0006,100–7,250
Sacroc Unit #20-03Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001256930.8 km11,4006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #24-8Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001017550.8 km15,0006,500–7,250
Sacroc Unit #18-2AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001081520.8 km15,0006,420–7,250

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About this data

Event tx2023mnfc 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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