EARTHQUAKES · IRION AREA · TX2024IPTD
Magnitude 2.8 27 km E of Big Lake, Texas
Thursday, May 2, 2024, 5:57:28 AM Central · 2024-05-02 10:57:28 UTC
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 27 km E of Big Lake, Texas on May 2, 2024 at 5:57 AM Central, 2.9 km deep, in the Irion County area.
It is one of 3 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.1 km away and operated by BNN South Texas, LLC; together they hold 96,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.8
- ML, reviewed
- 2.9
- km deep · 9,372 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 257
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.2150, -101.1760
- County area
- Irion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2023, 10:24 PM | 2.1 | 8.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 29, 2025, 10:04 AM | 2.0 | 8.1 km | 5.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.1 on Oct 8, 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWD 75 #2 | BNN South Texas, LLC | 000112284 | 2.1 km | 25,000 | 8,500–10,000 |
| Rocker B #1D | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 000105578 | 4.7 km | 12,000 | 2,000–3,300 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #5409 | Apache Corporation | 000102658 | 6.1 km | 1,000 | 4,195–4,533 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #5408 | Apache Corporation | 000065881 | 6.1 km | 1,000 | 4,300–4,650 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #5515W | Apache Corporation | 000067743 | 6.3 km | 1,000 | 4,400–4,590 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #5507 | Apache Corporation | 000108238 | 6.7 km | 4,000 | 4,100–4,650 |
| Rock Hollow #190WD | Discovery Natural Resources LLC | 000110142 | 6.7 km | 20,000 | 2,200–3,500 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #5509W | Apache Corporation | 000009921 | 6.8 km | 2,000 | 4,400–4,700 |
| Rock Hollow #164WD | Discovery Natural Resources LLC | 000109132 | 7.1 km | 20,000 | 2,175–3,200 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #5011R | Apache Corporation | 000099209 | 7.5 km | 1,000 | 4,200–4,575 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #4905 | Apache Corporation | 000093308 | 8.3 km | 3,000 | 4,100–4,650 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #5009 | Apache Corporation | 000077871 | 8.3 km | 1,000 | 4,300–4,700 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #5008 | Apache Corporation | 000108240 | 8.4 km | 4,000 | 4,200–4,520 |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #3312W | Apache Corporation | 000075713 | 8.6 km | — | — |
| Ketchum Mt. (Clear Fork) Unit #4904W | Apache Corporation | 000009912 | 8.6 km | 1,000 | 4,300–4,485 |
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About this data
Event tx2024iptd 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/tx2024iptd, documented in the API reference.