EARTHQUAKES · POTTER AREA · TX2023WNFE
Magnitude 2.7 21 km WSW of Panhandle, Texas
Friday, November 17, 2023, 1:08:49 AM Central · 2023-11-17 07:08:49 UTC
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 21 km WSW of Panhandle, Texas on November 17, 2023 at 1:08 AM Central, 4.8 km deep, in the Potter County area.
It is one of 5 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.9.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km.
- M2.7
- ML(TEXNE, reviewed
- 4.8
- km deep · 15,726 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 0
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 0
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 35.2400, -101.5790
- County area
- Potter 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2023, 9:02 AM | 2.1 | 1.4 km | 4.4 km |
| Nov 10, 2023, 12:45 PM | 2.2 | 1.6 km | 7.1 km |
| Jun 26, 2024, 5:54 PM | 2.8 | 9.7 km | 17.1 km |
| Jan 14, 2021, 5:30 PM | 2.9 | 1.2 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.9 on Jan 14, 2021.
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.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km of the epicenter.
Disposal in Potter County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023wnfe 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/tx2023wnfe, documented in the API reference.