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EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2025IITZ

Magnitude 2.7 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Tuesday, April 29, 2025, 10:27:01 AM Central · 2025-04-29 15:27:01 UTC

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on April 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM Central, 6.3 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 215 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 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 1.3 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 307,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

23 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 120,387 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.7
ML, reviewed
6.3
km deep · 20,586 ft
4
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
215
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,053
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4290, -102.1300
County area
Dawson 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
Apr 30, 2025, 9:06 AM2.10.6 km6.2 km
Apr 28, 2025, 8:38 AM2.26.2 km6.9 km
Apr 28, 2025, 2:43 AM2.23.1 km6.6 km
May 2, 2025, 3:58 AM3.60.9 km5.8 km
Apr 11, 2025, 4:47 PM2.72.7 km7.7 km
Apr 9, 2025, 4:21 PM2.42 km5.9 km
May 25, 2025, 5:05 PM3.38.2 km7.3 km
Mar 29, 2025, 8:09 PM2.18.8 km8.8 km
Jun 6, 2025, 5:23 AM2.09.6 km7.6 km
Mar 16, 2025, 10:55 AM2.18.5 km6.9 km
Mar 16, 2025, 10:51 AM2.38.5 km6.2 km
Mar 16, 2025, 2:02 AM2.07.9 km8.2 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. 23 of these report daily to TexNet: 120K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246511.3 km30,0003,988–5,308
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260903 km20,0004,200–5,228
Univ. 14-7 #3DOvintiv USA Inc.0000189434.5 km7,5004,525–5,470
University "7-15" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001154424.6 km25,0004,500–5,600
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001159754.6 km30,00012,380–13,965
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47Ovintiv USA Inc.0000998955.1 km10,00011,242–12,617
Pinotage SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001062815.4 km20,0005,550–6,175
University 7-27 SWD #D 2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001153395.7 km40,00012,700–14,200
Herding Cats #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001190036 km30,00012,250–14,500
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49Ovintiv USA Inc.0001051216.5 km10,00011,745–12,675
University SWD #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001101146.5 km20,0004,800–5,550
Mabee Foundation #1REDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001034136.6 km15,0005,550–6,175
University -B- #2Crosstex Services, L.L.C.0000794086.7 km5,0004,940–6,500
Big Sipper #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001188166.9 km30,00012,000–14,500
State of Texas AR #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001003747.2 km15,0004,927–5,050

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

About this data

Event tx2025iitz 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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