EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2023PAGH
Magnitude 2.3 17 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas
Wednesday, August 2, 2023, 9:11:45 AM Central · 2023-08-02 14:11:45 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 17 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas on August 2, 2023 at 9:11 AM Central, 6.7 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 38 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.8.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 75,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 6.7
- km deep · 21,973 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 38
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 201
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1365, -103.6946
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2023, 6:47 PM | 2.0 | 4.8 km | 7.0 km |
| Sep 4, 2023, 12:44 PM | 2.1 | 7.3 km | 4.9 km |
| Jun 10, 2023, 7:08 PM | 2.0 | 8.1 km | 0.2 km |
| May 22, 2023, 9:17 AM | 2.1 | 5.3 km | 1.1 km |
| Apr 15, 2023, 2:48 AM | 2.2 | 7.7 km | 5.5 km |
| Mar 29, 2023, 6:55 PM | 2.5 | 2.2 km | 5.6 km |
| Feb 28, 2023, 9:41 PM | 2.8 | 4.2 km | 0.9 km |
| Feb 20, 2023, 5:19 PM | 2.3 | 2 km | 5.8 km |
| Feb 12, 2023, 10:10 AM | 2.2 | 4 km | 7.4 km |
| Jan 17, 2023, 2:19 AM | 2.0 | 5.4 km | -0.0 km |
| Jan 11, 2023, 11:06 AM | 2.3 | 7.7 km | 4.6 km |
| Feb 23, 2024, 4:13 AM | 2.1 | 2.2 km | 5.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.8 on Jun 25, 2025.
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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000115040 | 4 km | 25,000 | 4,425–6,625 |
| Neptune SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000116077 | 9.1 km | 20,000 | 4,650–6,600 |
| Neptune SWD #2 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000118194 | 9.4 km | 10,000 | 4,600–6,300 |
| Rayburn SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000103825 | 9.9 km | 20,000 | 5,000–6,900 |
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023pagh 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/tx2023pagh, documented in the API reference.