EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2024WRXQ

Magnitude 2.2 22 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

Monday, November 18, 2024, 3:00:40 PM Central · 2024-11-18 21:00:40 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 22 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on November 18, 2024 at 3:00 PM Central, 5.5 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 160 M2+ events TexNet has 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 0.2 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC; together they hold 221,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.2
ML, reviewed
5.5
km deep · 18,121 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
160
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
276
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.0960, -103.2280
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Nov 19, 2024, 4:46 PM3.03.7 km3.0 km
Oct 28, 2024, 11:50 AM2.54.9 km4.7 km
Jan 24, 2025, 12:08 PM2.24.6 km3.8 km
Aug 14, 2024, 8:03 PM2.16.6 km0.1 km
Jul 29, 2024, 6:05 AM2.32.5 km0.4 km
Mar 28, 2025, 11:28 AM2.62.4 km8.0 km
Apr 22, 2025, 10:21 PM2.22.4 km6.6 km
Apr 29, 2025, 9:49 PM2.01.8 km2.2 km
Apr 25, 2024, 8:57 PM2.01.6 km-0.8 km
Apr 20, 2024, 5:08 AM2.25.7 km5.8 km
Feb 8, 2024, 6:25 PM2.24.8 km0.1 km
Jan 17, 2024, 11:22 AM2.04.8 km2.4 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Hawg SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001059290.2 km20,0005,200–8,000
Belle SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001144312.1 km15,0005,360–6,860
Zauk 39 #1SWRattler Midstream Oper LLC0001122782.3 km20,0005,350–8,000
Lindsay #1DRattler Midstream Oper LLC0001188802.9 km10,0006,000–8,100
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petro Corp0000983283.9 km1,5005,250–5,392
Coyote 48 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001109254.4 km20,0005,250–6,900
Ethan SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001144304.7 km15,0005,330–6,790
Coyote 48 #3SWWaterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001109264.7 km20,0005,250–6,900
Coyote 48 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001078655.8 km15,0005,250–6,900
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Engy Oper, LLC0001136366.3 km20,0005,500–7,500
Old Courtney Ranch Co SWD #1Rattler Midstream Oper LLC0001180226.8 km20,0005,930–7,950
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Oper, LLC0000646087.1 km5005,221–5,241
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001127457.2 km12,0005,250–6,900
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001127447.7 km12,0006,020–6,405
Karah SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC0001171378.4 km20,0005,210–7,150

Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2024wrxq, as published by the 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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