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EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US1000G5VM

Magnitude 2.4 26 km N of Snyder, Texas

Thursday, August 9, 2018, 11:15:06 AM Central · 2018-08-09 16:15:06 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 26 km N of Snyder, Texas on August 9, 2018 at 11:15 AM Central, 2.5 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 66 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.1 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 179,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.4
MB_LG, reviewed
2.5
km deep · 8,268 ft
3
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
66
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
63
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.9598, -100.8865
County area
Kent 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
Aug 7, 2018, 5:31 AM2.43.1 km5.0 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:02 AM2.51.8 km2.2 km
Aug 5, 2018, 3:17 PM2.98.9 km5.0 km
Oct 28, 2018, 9:21 AM3.16.4 km4.9 km
Oct 31, 2018, 6:50 PM3.08.5 km5.0 km
Oct 31, 2018, 7:52 PM2.49.8 km1.9 km
Apr 29, 2018, 3:28 AM2.81 km5.0 km
Dec 25, 2018, 10:23 PM3.32.2 km1.1 km
Jan 18, 2019, 4:20 AM2.85.7 km5.0 km
Feb 22, 2018, 4:17 AM2.95.1 km4.7 km
Mar 23, 2019, 10:24 PM2.23.6 km5.0 km
Dec 6, 2017, 11:03 PM2.13 km2.8 km

Largest nearby on record: M4.0 on Sep 30, 2019.

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
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6427Occidental Permian Ltd.0001096020.1 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6416Occidental Permian Ltd.0001018820.2 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6401Occidental Permian Ltd.0001018990.4 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6356Occidental Permian Ltd.0000495730.4 km13,0006,300–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6426Occidental Permian Ltd.0001095950.5 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6352AOccidental Permian Ltd.0001018770.6 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6396Occidental Permian Ltd.0000993170.7 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6419Occidental Permian Ltd.0001095960.7 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6027Occidental Permian Ltd.0000889610.8 km—6,936–7,003
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6369Occidental Permian Ltd.0001018980.8 km13,0006,300–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6417Occidental Permian Ltd.0001018830.9 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6418Occidental Permian Ltd.0001095990.9 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #607AOccidental Permian Ltd.0001174950.9 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6051Occidental Permian Ltd.0000604131 km10,0006,300–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6398Occidental Permian Ltd.0000653561 km13,0006,300–7,200

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About this data

Event us1000g5vm 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.

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