EARTHQUAKES · TEXNET · TX2024CMRF
Magnitude 2.3 8 km SE of Amarillo, Texas
Monday, February 5, 2024, 3:23:19 AM Central · 2024-02-05 09:23:19 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 8 km SE of Amarillo, Texas on February 5, 2024 at 3:23 AM Central, 8.3 km deep.
It is one of 9 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.8.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 8.3
- km deep · 27,200 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 9
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 0
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 0
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 35.1720, -101.7600
- County area
- Outside any county's permit footprint
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2024, 9:48 PM | 2.2 | 1.7 km | 6.6 km |
| May 28, 2024, 9:26 PM | 2.6 | 6 km | 10.7 km |
| Jun 26, 2024, 5:54 PM | 2.8 | 8.5 km | 17.1 km |
| Nov 10, 2024, 11:31 AM | 2.3 | 2.2 km | 5.8 km |
| Oct 28, 2022, 6:49 PM | 2.3 | 0 km | 7.9 km |
| Oct 28, 2022, 8:33 AM | 2.5 | 0.6 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 25, 2022, 8:06 PM | 2.2 | 3.6 km | 4.4 km |
| Oct 25, 2022, 4:09 AM | 2.4 | 4.6 km | 3.4 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.8 on Jun 26, 2024.
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.
About this data
Event tx2024cmrf 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/tx2024cmrf, documented in the API reference.