EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2024BRQF
Magnitude 3.3 11 km N of Coyanosa, Texas
Wednesday, January 24, 2024, 3:01:05 PM Central · 2024-01-24 21:01:05 UTC
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake 11 km N of Coyanosa, Texas on January 24, 2024 at 3:01 PM Central, 3.7 km deep, in the Ward County area.
It is one of 25 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.6 km away and operated by Continental Res, Inc; together they hold 237,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 18,976 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.3
- ML, reviewed
- 3.7
- km deep · 12,276 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 25
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 439
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.3490, -103.0720
- County area
- Ward County
- On a map
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- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 2024, 10:28 PM | 2.9 | 1 km | 3.6 km |
| Mar 4, 2024, 11:01 AM | 3.1 | 1.7 km | 3.4 km |
| Sep 3, 2023, 8:20 PM | 2.9 | 1.5 km | 3.0 km |
| Sep 3, 2023, 8:19 PM | 2.8 | 1.2 km | 3.8 km |
| Aug 27, 2023, 2:22 PM | 2.2 | 1.9 km | 4.0 km |
| Aug 22, 2023, 9:41 AM | 2.2 | 1.7 km | 1.0 km |
| Jul 27, 2023, 9:51 AM | 2.3 | 1.4 km | 4.0 km |
| Jul 27, 2023, 8:53 AM | 2.2 | 4.4 km | 3.1 km |
| May 17, 2025, 9:30 PM | 2.3 | 2.3 km | 3.3 km |
| Jul 17, 2021, 12:59 AM | 2.6 | 1.3 km | 3.7 km |
| Jul 16, 2021, 11:46 PM | 2.1 | 1.8 km | 3.4 km |
| Jul 16, 2021, 10:57 PM | 3.1 | 2.3 km | 4.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Jul 31, 2019.
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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 19K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leviathan #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000115498 | 1.6 km | 25,000 | 5,250–7,100 |
| Trees State 24 #1D | Continental Res, Inc | 000115116 | 2.2 km | 20,000 | 6,020–7,350 |
| Pecan State SWD 36 #1D | Continental Res, Inc | 000126744 | 2.3 km | 20,000 | 5,031–7,431 |
| Pecos SWD 64 #1D | Continental Res, Inc | 000115104 | 4.2 km | 20,000 | 5,875–7,130 |
| Gum Popper #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000115225 | 5 km | 20,000 | 4,800–7,500 |
| Eiland, T. N. #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000085888 | 5.1 km | 6,000 | 4,931–6,554 |
| Cub Creek #1 | Continental Res, Inc | 000113603 | 5.2 km | 25,000 | 4,750–7,100 |
| Barber, W. T., -A- #12 | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000083100 | 5.5 km | 1,000 | 4,845–4,957 |
| Pershing, R. S. #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000083949 | 5.9 km | 20,000 | 5,370–5,527 |
| Barber, W. T., -A- #9 | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000083099 | 6.1 km | 1,000 | 4,906–4,942 |
| Trees, J. C. Estate, et al -A- #5D | TS Oil, LLC | 000020838 | 6.2 km | 14,500 | 5,200–6,100 |
| Reward SWD A #1 | Rattler Midstream Oper LLC | 000115108 | 6.5 km | 25,000 | 5,026–7,100 |
| Waha/Frost #8C | WWM Oper, LLC | 000095653 | 6.6 km | — | 2,137–2,367 |
| Waha/Frost #8D | WWM Oper, LLC | 000094836 | 6.6 km | 40,000 | 5,900–6,700 |
| Waha/Frost #10C | WWM Oper, LLC | 000095655 | 6.6 km | — | 2,137–2,367 |
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About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2024brqf, as published by the 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/tx2024brqf, documented in the API reference.