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EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US1000AV65

Magnitude 2.8 15 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 4:16:23 AM Central · 2017-09-27 09:16:23 UTC

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 15 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on September 27, 2017 at 4:16 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 126 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away and operated by Rattler Midstream Operating LLC; together they hold 253,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.8
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
4
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
126
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
541
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1808, -103.2141
County area
Reeves County
On a map
Google Maps ↗
Catalog
USGS event page ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Sep 27, 2017, 4:15 AM3.06.5 km5.0 km
Sep 27, 2017, 5:57 AM2.66.4 km5.0 km
Sep 26, 2017, 11:09 PM2.86.7 km5.0 km
Sep 14, 2017, 3:11 PM3.27.8 km5.0 km
Sep 3, 2017, 1:27 AM3.14.8 km5.0 km
Oct 21, 2017, 4:50 PM3.18.8 km1.2 km
Oct 24, 2017, 6:54 PM2.69.6 km5.0 km
Oct 29, 2017, 9:23 PM2.63.5 km2.2 km
Aug 21, 2017, 4:44 AM2.87.4 km4.1 km
Aug 20, 2017, 3:54 PM2.85.8 km5.0 km
Aug 20, 2017, 3:48 PM2.88.6 km5.0 km
Aug 17, 2017, 3:42 PM2.75.3 km5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Oct 7, 2026.

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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Salty Brigham 10 #1SWRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001109841.5 km20,0006,050–7,800
Hippo 22 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001050122.9 km20,0005,850–6,500
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Operating, LLC0000646083.7 km5005,221–5,241
Warthog 19 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001092273.8 km12,0005,700–7,500
Puff Adder 16 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001160054.7 km15,0005,500–7,500
Hyena 15 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001138685.4 km20,0005,500–7,500
Giraffe 18 #2SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001128575.5 km20,0005,250–7,300
El Kabong Unit 48-18-7 #1DXTO Energy Inc.0001179795.6 km20,0005,700–7,738
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136366.1 km20,0005,500–7,500
Crocodile "7" #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001037806.3 km10,0005,850–6,600
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983286.8 km1,5005,250–5,392
El Kabong Unit 48-17-8 #1DXTO Energy Inc.0001179846.9 km30,0005,310–6,436
Cheetah "11" #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001087827 km20,0005,885–6,904
Old Courtney Ranch Co SWD #1Rattler Midstream Operating LLC0001180227.1 km20,0005,930–7,950
Mandujano Bros SWD #1Rattler Midstream Operating LLC0001166037.3 km24,0006,000–7,900

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About this data

Event us1000av65 from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by the network its id names 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/us1000av65, documented in the API reference.