EARTHQUAKES · MITCHELL AREA · TX2024BFGO
Magnitude 2.1 6 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas
Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 8:31:06 PM Central · 2024-01-18 02:31:06 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 6 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas on January 17, 2024 at 8:31 PM Central, 8.7 km deep, in the Mitchell County area.
It is one of 39 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.3.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.6 km away and operated by One Nickel Operating LLC; together they hold 9,400 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 8.7
- km deep · 28,644 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 39
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 33
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.3040, -101.0430
- County area
- Mitchell County
- On a map
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2024, 7:11 AM | 2.1 | 0.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 1, 2024, 10:07 AM | 2.5 | 0.6 km | 8.5 km |
| Mar 3, 2024, 3:07 AM | 2.1 | 0.9 km | 4.9 km |
| Oct 12, 2023, 10:27 PM | 2.8 | 4.8 km | 12.0 km |
| Sep 18, 2023, 10:07 PM | 2.3 | 5.6 km | 9.0 km |
| Sep 18, 2023, 8:10 PM | 2.3 | 5.5 km | 8.7 km |
| May 23, 2024, 3:31 PM | 2.8 | 9.2 km | 4.3 km |
| Jun 5, 2024, 4:45 AM | 2.3 | 0.7 km | 8.4 km |
| Jun 9, 2024, 10:12 AM | 2.7 | 9.2 km | 6.2 km |
| Jun 23, 2024, 10:06 PM | 2.2 | 1.6 km | 5.7 km |
| Jul 19, 2024, 6:21 AM | 3.6 | 4.3 km | 8.6 km |
| Jul 29, 2024, 4:04 PM | 2.7 | 4.6 km | 8.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M4.3 on Oct 12, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dockery, K. #1 | One Nickel Operating LLC | 000058302 | 0.6 km | 400 | 2,877–3,183 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #202AW | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000022031 | 4.6 km | 700 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #213W | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000022038 | 4.8 km | 700 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #205W | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000022035 | 4.8 km | 700 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #211W | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000022036 | 4.9 km | 700 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Farmer, Maud #4 | One Nickel Operating LLC | 000076604 | 5.1 km | 400 | 1,882–1,910 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #204W | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000022034 | 5.1 km | 700 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #1523 | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000099363 | 5.1 km | 500 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #1522W | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000098879 | 5.2 km | 500 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #2014 | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000097544 | 5.2 km | 700 | 2,300–3,300 |
| E. H. Brown -A- #46W | Basa Resources, Inc. | 000090059 | 5.2 km | 1,000 | 2,443–3,355 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #1508 | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000098792 | 5.2 km | 500 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #1520W | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000098878 | 5.3 km | 500 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #4JW | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000060298 | 5.3 km | 700 | 2,300–3,300 |
| Westbrook Southwest Unit #194W | Grayrock Energy II, LLC | 000022027 | 5.3 km | 700 | 2,300–3,300 |
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About this data
Event tx2024bfgo 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/tx2024bfgo, documented in the API reference.