EARTHQUAKES · SCURRY AREA · TX2024DHKR
Magnitude 2.1 14 km N of Snyder, Texas
Friday, February 16, 2024, 11:56:17 AM Central · 2024-02-16 17:56:17 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 14 km N of Snyder, Texas on February 16, 2024 at 11:56 AM Central, 6.0 km deep, in the Scurry County area.
It is one of 89 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.8.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.2 km away and operated by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; together they hold 245,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 6.0
- km deep · 19,545 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 89
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 281
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.8450, -100.9370
- County area
- Scurry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2024, 12:26 AM | 2.1 | 5.6 km | 4.9 km |
| Mar 1, 2024, 12:46 AM | 2.6 | 5.8 km | 5.2 km |
| Mar 1, 2024, 3:22 AM | 2.0 | 5.9 km | 5.2 km |
| Dec 26, 2023, 1:38 PM | 2.9 | 3.9 km | 6.0 km |
| Dec 21, 2023, 9:49 PM | 2.8 | 4.3 km | 6.4 km |
| Apr 14, 2024, 3:59 PM | 2.9 | 2.3 km | 3.9 km |
| Dec 8, 2023, 12:05 PM | 2.8 | 4.6 km | 8.6 km |
| Nov 19, 2023, 10:23 AM | 2.4 | 7.1 km | 4.7 km |
| Nov 19, 2023, 9:54 AM | 2.5 | 6.9 km | 4.3 km |
| Nov 19, 2023, 9:53 AM | 2.3 | 6.9 km | 3.8 km |
| Jun 1, 2024, 3:52 AM | 3.4 | 5.7 km | 7.4 km |
| Oct 9, 2023, 1:35 PM | 2.9 | 1.5 km | 6.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.8 on Oct 1, 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.
Disposal in Scurry County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024dhkr 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/tx2024dhkr, documented in the API reference.