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EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2025EDQV

Magnitude 2.6 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

Friday, February 28, 2025, 3:47:01 PM Central · 2025-02-28 21:47:01 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on February 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM Central, 6.8 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 80 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.2 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 417,880 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

45 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 241,286 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.6
ML, reviewed
6.8
km deep · 22,349 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
80
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,599
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.3870, -101.6350
County area
Howard County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Feb 18, 2025, 11:11 PM2.12.6 km5.4 km
Oct 16, 2024, 8:38 PM2.37.6 km5.8 km
Sep 10, 2024, 7:15 PM2.37.9 km7.5 km
Nov 3, 2025, 12:25 AM2.07.9 km7.9 km
Jun 9, 2024, 11:30 PM2.49.4 km5.9 km
Jun 1, 2024, 8:01 AM2.22.1 km7.0 km
Jan 24, 2026, 6:38 PM2.29.3 km8.0 km
Feb 23, 2026, 6:04 PM2.33.6 km8.1 km
Feb 26, 2026, 5:49 AM2.88.3 km8.3 km
Jan 7, 2024, 6:26 PM2.10.7 km4.6 km
Jan 7, 2024, 12:49 AM3.11.2 km5.7 km
Jan 6, 2024, 11:19 PM2.51.3 km5.3 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Jun 6, 2022.

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. 45 of these report daily to TexNet: 241K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Cottonmouth #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001220842.2 km38,88010,440–11,955
West Knott SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001053753.2 km20,0003,340–4,800
Andre the Giant SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001177003.3 km80,00010,500–11,500
Hulkster SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001175683.3 km60,00010,871–11,380
Nichols 17 #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001100313.5 km15,0003,300–6,620
Knott SWD #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001080173.7 km20,0003,700–6,000
Hughes SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc0001094733.9 km35,0003,200–4,800
Knott SWD #2DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001147804 km20,00010,380–12,000
Stasey #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0000849684.8 km1,5003,300–6,000
Diamondback-County Line SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001155084.9 km30,0003,200–4,300
DB Hughes #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001179365 km30,00010,500–11,900
Beall SWD #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0001156915.6 km25,00010,000–11,500
Free Burger #2DOxyrock Operating, LLC0001173525.9 km25,00010,500–13,000
Son of Big Bad #1Mid River Midstream LLC0000681306.3 km12,5003,430–6,059
Allred SWD #1P4 Operating, LLC0000452286.3 km5,0003,749–5,641

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About this data

Event tx2025edqv 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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