EARTHQUAKES · GRAY AREA · TX2025BLAZ
Magnitude 2.6 5 km NW of Pampa, Texas
Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 12:29:04 AM Central · 2025-01-21 06:29:04 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 5 km NW of Pampa, Texas on January 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM Central, 5.9 km deep, in the Gray County area.
It is one of 2 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 M5OEXIT, LLC; together they hold 10,520 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.6
- ML, reviewed
- 5.9
- km deep · 19,465 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 2
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 35.5730, -101.0010
- County area
- Gray 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2021, 8:21 AM | 2.3 | 9.9 km | 7.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.3 on Nov 12, 2021.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pampa Unit #106W | M5OEXIT, LLC | 000038178 | 2.1 km | 1,000 | 3,099–3,286 |
| Pampa Unit #307W | M5OEXIT, LLC | 000038181 | 3.2 km | 1,000 | 3,080–3,266 |
| Pampa Unit #711W | M5OEXIT, LLC | 000038190 | 3.3 km | 1,000 | 3,078–3,265 |
| Pampa Unit #912W | M5OEXIT, LLC | 000038196 | 3.4 km | 700 | 3,216–3,276 |
| Castleberry, W. N. #2W | Exxcel Production Company | 000038396 | 3.5 km | 700 | 3,123–3,233 |
| Morgan #9 | Curzac Oil and Gas, LLC | 000037999 | 3.7 km | 500 | 3,035–3,275 |
| Cobb #2 | Large Operating LLC | 000066502 | 4.3 km | 250 | 3,180–3,381 |
| Shields -A- #15 | Petco Energy Corporation | 000103402 | 5.5 km | 1,250 | 3,112–3,274 |
| Vicars, J. F. #15W | OL' Boys Operations LLC | 000037955 | 5.7 km | 500 | 3,156–3,304 |
| Pampa Unit #1904 | M5OEXIT, LLC | 000064501 | 5.9 km | 220 | 3,085–3,287 |
| Shields -A- #11 | Petco Energy Corporation | 000103401 | 6 km | 1,250 | 3,100–3,300 |
| Schafer Ranch East #103W | M5OEXIT, LLC | 000037717 | 6.1 km | 200 | 3,085–3,307 |
| Noel #1G | Petco Energy Corporation | 000037917 | 6.3 km | 500 | 3,128–3,333 |
| Castleberry #3 | Petco Energy Corporation | 000090356 | 6.3 km | 1,250 | 3,138–3,281 |
| Schafer Ranch East #106W | M5OEXIT, LLC | 000037718 | 6.6 km | 200 | 3,082–3,300 |
Disposal in Gray County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2025blaz 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/tx2025blaz, documented in the API reference.