EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2024BEOL

Magnitude 2.0 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 11:22:43 AM Central · 2024-01-17 17:22:43 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on January 17, 2024 at 11:22 AM Central, 2.4 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 195 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.9 km away and operated by Rattler Midstream Operating LLC; together they hold 211,000 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.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
2.4
km deep · 7,972 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
195
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
329
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1130, -103.2740
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Feb 8, 2024, 6:25 PM2.28.2 km0.1 km
Nov 15, 2023, 4:58 AM3.51.7 km0.1 km
Oct 30, 2023, 1:58 PM2.14.9 km4.3 km
Apr 20, 2024, 5:08 AM2.28.7 km5.8 km
Apr 25, 2024, 8:57 PM2.05.1 km-0.8 km
Oct 3, 2023, 2:13 AM2.41 km3.4 km
Sep 9, 2023, 5:27 PM2.32.7 km1.0 km
Jul 16, 2023, 11:42 AM2.42.9 km0.3 km
Jul 29, 2024, 6:05 AM2.33.7 km0.4 km
Aug 14, 2024, 8:03 PM2.13.5 km0.1 km
Jun 13, 2023, 2:30 PM2.31.2 km0.1 km
Jun 2, 2023, 8:36 PM2.010 km5.2 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 LLC0001188801.9 km10,0006,000–8,100
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127452.7 km12,0005,250–6,900
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983282.9 km1,5005,250–5,392
Coyote 48 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109253.3 km20,0005,250–6,900
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127443.4 km12,0006,020–6,405
Coyote 48 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078653.6 km15,0005,250–6,900
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136363.6 km20,0005,500–7,500
Coyote 48 #3SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109264.1 km20,0005,250–6,900
Gillespie #1Vaquero Operating0000812624.6 km5,0005,350–5,990
Hawg SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059294.7 km20,0005,200–8,000
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Operating, LLC0000646085.9 km5005,221–5,241
Belle SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144316.3 km15,0005,360–6,860
Zauk 39 #1SWRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001122787 km20,0005,350–8,000
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-9 #2SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001126838 km25,0005,000–6,470
Elizabeth SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001155858 km15,0005,225–7,000

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About this data

Event tx2024beol 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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