EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2024MFDJ

Magnitude 2.1 38 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas

Saturday, June 22, 2024, 8:49:17 AM Central · 2024-06-22 13:49:17 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 38 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas on June 22, 2024 at 8:49 AM Central, 6.7 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 183 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 6 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3 km away and operated by Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.; together they hold 325,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

23 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 121,002 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
6.7
km deep · 21,868 ft
6
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
183
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,096
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4030, -102.1430
County area
Martin County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jun 25, 2024, 7:38 AM2.14.3 km7.2 km
Jun 19, 2024, 4:42 AM3.29.9 km7.8 km
Jun 12, 2024, 9:18 PM2.07.8 km8.8 km
Jun 10, 2024, 3:27 PM2.31.1 km6.9 km
Jun 10, 2024, 2:04 AM3.11.1 km7.1 km
Jun 8, 2024, 10:28 AM2.24.6 km6.6 km
Jul 8, 2024, 4:13 PM2.18.5 km6.6 km
May 31, 2024, 12:10 PM2.59 km8.7 km
Jul 15, 2024, 9:39 PM2.25.3 km8.1 km
Jul 21, 2024, 11:01 PM2.28.5 km8.9 km
Jul 23, 2024, 10:52 PM2.05.3 km7.5 km
Jul 31, 2024, 9:57 AM2.95 km7.9 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 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. 23 of these report daily to TexNet: 121K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
University "7-15" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001154423 km25,0004,500–5,600
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246513 km30,0003,988–5,308
University 7-27 SWD #D 2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001153393.1 km40,00012,700–14,200
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260903.1 km20,0004,200–5,228
University SWD #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001101143.8 km20,0004,800–5,550
Univ. 14-7 #3DOvintiv USA Inc.0000189434.1 km7,5004,525–5,470
Capri SWD #1Stonehill Martin, LLC0001182295.1 km30,0004,500–5,680
Capri SWD #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001259865.1 km20,0004,350–5,700
State of Texas AR #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001003745.3 km15,0004,927–5,050
University -B- #2Crosstex Services, L.L.C.0000794085.4 km5,0004,940–6,500
University 7-26 SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001027095.8 km15,0004,850–5,265
University 7-31B SWD #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001175136.6 km40,00012,400–14,163
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001159757.2 km30,00012,380–13,965
Mabee J SWD #D 1High Lonesome Midstream, LLC0001100547.6 km20,0004,800–5,500
M.A.K SWD #4402Deep Blue Operating I LLC0000856938 km8,0004,950–6,295

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About this data

Event tx2024mfdj 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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