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EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2026MEOLNK

Magnitude 2.4 31 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

Monday, June 22, 2026, 5:53:20 AM Central · 2026-06-22 10:53:20 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 31 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on June 22, 2026 at 5:53 AM Central, 8.3 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 213 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 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 4.4 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 319,950 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

25 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 176,532 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.4
ML, reviewed
8.3
km deep · 27,395 ft
3
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
213
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
938
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4300, -102.0320
County area
Dawson County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jun 22, 2026, 5:42 AM2.10.9 km9.3 km
Jun 14, 2026, 10:30 PM2.45.9 km8.2 km
Jul 3, 2026, 11:08 PM2.87.7 km6.6 km
Jul 6, 2026, 5:21 PM2.43.8 km9.6 km
Jun 3, 2026, 2:58 PM2.35.6 km6.9 km
May 10, 2026, 3:38 PM2.72.9 km6.8 km
May 3, 2026, 11:49 PM2.23.6 km8.8 km
Aug 12, 2026, 5:26 PM2.19.2 km8.4 km
Aug 21, 2026, 1:26 AM2.04.8 km8.8 km
Apr 16, 2026, 11:55 PM2.03.6 km9.0 km
Sep 22, 2026, 9:16 PM2.86.2 km7.0 km
Sep 23, 2026, 12:08 AM3.03.5 km7.2 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. 25 of these report daily to TexNet: 177K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Jones-Holton SWD #2WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055674.4 km20,0004,200–5,700
Jones-Holton D #5DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001165215.1 km40,00011,000–14,000
Cox 11 SWD #1Ovintiv USA Inc.0001035815.8 km30,0004,600–5,204
O'Neal #1DDiamondback E&P LLC0000107226.1 km10,0004,250–4,800
Jones-Holton SWD #1WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055277.2 km20,0004,200–5,632
Hecker #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001139427.4 km20,00011,000–14,000
Jones-Holton D #4DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001126427.5 km20,00011,000–14,000
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260907.7 km20,0004,200–5,228
Jones-Holton SWD #25DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001123757.8 km20,0004,200–5,600
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49Ovintiv USA Inc.0001051217.9 km10,00011,745–12,675
Gus McCrea SWD #2Deep Blue Central LLC0001200148 km24,9504,426–6,238
Hecker #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001163828.2 km20,00011,000–14,000
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246518.3 km30,0003,988–5,308
Hecker SWD #2451SWDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001017928.3 km25,0004,100–5,545
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47Ovintiv USA Inc.0000998958.7 km10,00011,242–12,617

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About this data

Event tx2026meolnk 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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