EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2024PYVH
Magnitude 2.1 22 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 8:03:56 PM Central · 2024-08-15 01:03:56 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 22 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on August 14, 2024 at 8:03 PM Central, 0.1 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 181 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.6 km away and operated by VTX Energy Operating, LLC; together they hold 221,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
5 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 29,132 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 0.1
- km deep · 332 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 181
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 406
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1440, -103.2690
- County area
- Reeves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2024, 6:05 AM | 2.3 | 6.6 km | 0.4 km |
| Oct 28, 2024, 11:50 AM | 2.5 | 3.3 km | 4.7 km |
| Nov 18, 2024, 3:00 PM | 2.2 | 6.6 km | 5.5 km |
| Nov 19, 2024, 4:46 PM | 3.0 | 4.2 km | 3.0 km |
| Apr 25, 2024, 8:57 PM | 2.0 | 7.6 km | -0.8 km |
| Jan 24, 2025, 12:08 PM | 2.2 | 2 km | 3.8 km |
| Jan 17, 2024, 11:22 AM | 2.0 | 3.5 km | 2.4 km |
| Mar 28, 2025, 11:28 AM | 2.6 | 6.7 km | 8.0 km |
| Apr 22, 2025, 10:21 PM | 2.2 | 8.2 km | 6.6 km |
| Apr 29, 2025, 9:49 PM | 2.0 | 6.4 km | 2.2 km |
| Nov 15, 2023, 4:58 AM | 3.5 | 4.9 km | 0.1 km |
| Oct 30, 2023, 1:58 PM | 2.1 | 7.7 km | 4.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Nov 29, 2020.
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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 29.1K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024pyvh 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/tx2024pyvh, documented in the API reference.