EARTHQUAKES · WINKLER AREA · TX2024IDTX

Magnitude 2.2 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 4:42:24 PM Central · 2024-04-25 21:42:24 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico on April 25, 2024 at 4:42 PM Central, 7.5 km deep, in the Winkler County area.

It is one of 197 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 19 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.3 km away and operated by Waterbridge Stateline LLC; together they hold 391,300 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

9 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 178,397 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.2: ML, reviewed
7.5: km deep · 24,555 ft
19: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
197: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
480: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.9640, -103.3450
County area: Winkler 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
Apr 25, 2024, 4:36 PM	2.2	0.1 km	7.0 km
Apr 25, 2024, 4:48 PM	2.2	0.6 km	7.3 km
Apr 25, 2024, 5:23 PM	2.0	0.7 km	7.3 km
Apr 25, 2024, 3:49 PM	2.4	1 km	8.3 km
Apr 25, 2024, 5:39 PM	2.4	0.9 km	6.1 km
Apr 25, 2024, 5:41 PM	2.1	0.8 km	6.6 km
Apr 25, 2024, 3:32 PM	3.8	2 km	8.7 km
Apr 25, 2024, 6:01 PM	2.0	0.8 km	6.8 km
Apr 25, 2024, 6:23 PM	3.1	1 km	8.2 km
Apr 25, 2024, 6:34 PM	2.7	0.5 km	8.4 km
Apr 25, 2024, 6:37 PM	2.3	1.4 km	7.0 km
Apr 25, 2024, 2:36 PM	3.9	1.3 km	7.8 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Apr 25, 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. 9 of these report daily to TexNet: 178K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Aermotor SWD #5	Waterbridge Stateline LLC	000116240	2.3 km	30,000	5,155–7,020
Ross SWD #2	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	000118757	3.2 km	30,000	5,300–7,700
Ross SWD #8	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	000124801	3.4 km	24,900	5,300–7,700
Ross SWD #7	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	000124822	3.7 km	24,900	5,300–7,700
Ross SWD #3	NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC	000118756	3.7 km	30,000	5,300–7,700
Ross SWD #5	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	000119379	4 km	30,000	5,300–7,700
Ross SWD #9	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	000124802	4.2 km	24,900	5,300–7,700
Ross SWD #4	NGL Water Solutions Permian, LLC	000118861	4.6 km	30,000	5,300–7,700
Boyd 2503 SWD #1	COG Operating LLC	000117332	4.9 km	25,000	5,300–7,000
Pistol 24 #1SW	COG Operating LLC	000115176	5.1 km	25,000	5,300–6,900
Boyd 7517 SWD #1	COG Operating LLC	000116473	6.1 km	25,000	5,015–7,000
Boyd 15 #1	COG Operating LLC	000098955	6.4 km	15,000	5,197–6,400
Boyd 2501 SWD #1	COG Operating LLC	000116119	6.7 km	25,000	5,150–7,000
Beckham #1	SCM Ops, LLC	000115958	7 km	21,600	5,700–7,240
Aermotor SWD #3	Waterbridge Stateline LLC	000116322	7.1 km	30,000	5,410–7,300

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About this data

Event tx2024idtx 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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