EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2025CHAN

Magnitude 2.1 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Sunday, February 2, 2025, 1:17:32 AM Central · 2025-02-02 07:17:32 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on February 2, 2025 at 1:17 AM Central, 7.2 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 232 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 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 1 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 298,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

27 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 138,365 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.1: ML, reviewed
7.2: km deep · 23,470 ft
2: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
232: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,002: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4310, -102.1190
County area: Dawson 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
Feb 2, 2025, 1:22 AM	2.1	1.1 km	8.2 km
Jan 30, 2025, 2:45 AM	2.1	6.1 km	8.8 km
Feb 7, 2025, 1:35 PM	2.2	3.6 km	8.3 km
Feb 9, 2025, 10:40 PM	2.0	9.4 km	7.5 km
Jan 20, 2025, 9:43 PM	2.6	7.7 km	7.9 km
Feb 14, 2025, 8:53 PM	2.6	8.5 km	6.6 km
Feb 21, 2025, 4:09 AM	2.2	6.6 km	8.4 km
Feb 24, 2025, 3:21 PM	2.7	1.5 km	8.7 km
Feb 26, 2025, 11:31 PM	3.4	6.1 km	7.6 km
Jan 1, 2025, 10:10 AM	3.0	6 km	7.2 km
Mar 13, 2025, 3:41 AM	2.5	3.2 km	7.1 km
Mar 15, 2025, 3:48 AM	2.0	8.1 km	7.3 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. 27 of these report daily to TexNet: 138K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Breedlove Ursa #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000124651	1 km	30,000	3,988–5,308
Corsica SWD 2 #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000126090	2.7 km	20,000	4,200–5,228
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000099895	4.6 km	10,000	11,242–12,617
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000115975	4.9 km	30,000	12,380–13,965
Univ. 14-7 #3D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000018943	5.5 km	7,500	4,525–5,470
Pinotage SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000106281	5.6 km	20,000	5,550–6,175
University "7-15" #1D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000115442	5.6 km	25,000	4,500–5,600
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000105121	5.8 km	10,000	11,745–12,675
Herding Cats #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000119003	6.3 km	30,000	12,250–14,500
University 7-27 SWD #D 2	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000115339	6.6 km	40,000	12,700–14,200
Mabee Foundation #1RE	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000103413	6.7 km	15,000	5,550–6,175
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000010717	6.8 km	10,000	10,910–12,424
Big Sipper #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000118816	6.9 km	30,000	12,000–14,500
University SWD #D 1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000110114	7.4 km	20,000	4,800–5,550
Mabee Breedlove Clearfork Unit #2	Permex Petroleum Corporation	000096976	7.7 km	1,000	7,105–7,228

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About this data

Event tx2025chan 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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