EARTHQUAKES · GLASSCOCK AREA · TX2023MYBC

Magnitude 3.0 29 km S of Stanton, Texas

Monday, July 3, 2023, 5:13:31 PM Central · 2023-07-03 22:13:31 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 29 km S of Stanton, Texas on July 3, 2023 at 5:13 PM Central, 9.1 km deep, in the Glasscock County area.

It is one of 34 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.3.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.1 km away and operated by Western Disposal Systems, Inc.; together they hold 239,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

16 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 55,287 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.0: ML, reviewed
9.1: km deep · 29,768 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
34: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,354: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.8631, -101.7977
County area: Glasscock 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 5, 2023, 3:18 AM	2.0	0.8 km	9.8 km
Mar 1, 2023, 3:26 AM	2.0	1.4 km	8.2 km
Jan 19, 2024, 3:51 AM	2.2	8.3 km	9.3 km
Apr 7, 2024, 8:21 AM	2.0	6 km	7.7 km
Apr 30, 2024, 9:10 AM	2.3	6.1 km	8.2 km
Jul 1, 2024, 7:20 AM	2.0	7.8 km	7.9 km
Jul 12, 2024, 8:01 PM	2.3	4.7 km	7.4 km
Jul 25, 2024, 7:11 AM	2.0	5.7 km	8.4 km
Aug 24, 2024, 6:34 PM	2.0	6.5 km	7.7 km
Sep 25, 2024, 8:22 AM	2.2	7.4 km	7.2 km
Feb 15, 2022, 11:14 AM	2.9	6 km	8.6 km
Feb 10, 2022, 11:45 AM	3.3	5.5 km	9.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Feb 10, 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. 16 of these report daily to TexNet: 55.3K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Marion #10	Western Disposal Systems, Inc.	000089665	1.1 km	5,000	3,950–4,780
Hydroxide #1D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000118499	1.3 km	25,000	11,750–13,000
Erlenmeyer #1DR	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000124464	2 km	30,000	11,720–13,100
Leary #1D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000124442	3.4 km	15,000	11,567–12,770
Shackelford Spraberry Unit #182D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000109471	3.5 km	25,000	4,050–4,850
Boone -F- Deep #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000095975	4.5 km	25,000	4,386–10,230
Tex-Harvey Spraberry #281	Diamondback E&P LLC	000074688	4.5 km	1,000	6,972–7,769
WTH 7 SWD #18	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000124634	4.7 km	24,500	10,800–13,500
Wrage 33 #2D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000115760	4.8 km	10,000	3,796–4,705
Wrage 28 #3D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000115741	4.9 km	10,000	3,873–4,737
Wrage 21 #4D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000124428	5.1 km	10,000	3,872–4,877
Wrage 16 #1D	Oxyrock Operating, LLC	000115689	5.2 km	10,000	3,850–4,700
Tex Harvey 15 SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000114861	5.5 km	20,000	4,050–6,110
Boone, K. S. #6	Civitas Permian Operating, LLC	000117124	5.6 km	22,500	3,923–4,455
Shackelford Spraberry Unit #1503D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000080699	5.8 km	6,000	3,800–5,000

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About this data

Event tx2023mybc 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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