EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2023WJVS

Magnitude 3.5 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

Wednesday, November 15, 2023, 4:58:32 AM Central · 2023-11-15 10:58:32 UTC

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on November 15, 2023 at 4:58 AM Central, 0.1 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 184 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away and operated by Rattler Midstream Operating LLC; together they hold 201,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

3 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 24,535 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.5
ML(TEXNE, reviewed
0.1
km deep · 296 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
184
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
304
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1000, -103.2650
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Oct 30, 2023, 1:58 PM2.13.2 km4.3 km
Oct 3, 2023, 2:13 AM2.42.7 km3.4 km
Jan 17, 2024, 11:22 AM2.01.7 km2.4 km
Sep 9, 2023, 5:27 PM2.33.4 km1.0 km
Feb 8, 2024, 6:25 PM2.26.5 km0.1 km
Jul 16, 2023, 11:42 AM2.44.6 km0.3 km
Jun 13, 2023, 2:30 PM2.30.5 km0.1 km
Apr 20, 2024, 5:08 AM2.27 km5.8 km
Apr 25, 2024, 8:57 PM2.03.5 km-0.8 km
Jun 2, 2023, 8:36 PM2.09.3 km5.2 km
Jun 2, 2023, 8:30 PM2.86.6 km2.9 km
May 18, 2023, 3:34 AM2.67.8 km2.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Nov 29, 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. 3 of these report daily to TexNet: 24.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Lindsay #1DRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001188800.7 km10,0006,000–8,100
Coyote 48 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109252 km20,0005,250–6,900
Coyote 48 #3SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109262.8 km20,0005,250–6,900
Coyote 48 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078652.8 km15,0005,250–6,900
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983283.4 km1,5005,250–5,392
Hawg SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059293.6 km20,0005,200–8,000
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127454.4 km12,0005,250–6,900
Belle SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144314.8 km15,0005,360–6,860
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136364.9 km20,0005,500–7,500
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127445.1 km12,0006,020–6,405
Zauk 39 #1SWRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001122785.8 km20,0005,350–8,000
Gillespie #1Vaquero Operating0000812626 km5,0005,350–5,990
Ethan SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144306.6 km15,0005,330–6,790
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Operating, LLC0000646086.8 km5005,221–5,241
Elizabeth SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001155857 km15,0005,225–7,000

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About this data

Event tx2023wjvs 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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