EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US20008LA8

Magnitude 2.6 2 km W of Pecos, Texas

Friday, February 17, 2017, 6:39:52 AM Central · 2017-02-17 12:39:52 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 2 km W of Pecos, Texas on February 17, 2017 at 6:39 AM Central, 3.0 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 60 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.8 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 312,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.6: ML, reviewed
3.0: km deep · 9,679 ft
2: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
60: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
732: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.4267, -103.5215
County area: Ward 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.

When	Mag	Distance	Depth
Feb 4, 2017, 10:48 PM	2.4	7.7 km	5.4 km
Jan 25, 2017, 9:46 PM	2.7	1.8 km	5.0 km
Mar 17, 2017, 10:03 PM	3.0	7.8 km	3.5 km
Aug 30, 2017, 3:16 PM	2.2	6.8 km	1.8 km
Sep 29, 2017, 11:16 PM	2.0	2 km	5.0 km
May 10, 2018, 10:44 PM	2.4	7.6 km	5.0 km
Jun 27, 2018, 10:42 PM	2.5	4.9 km	7.1 km
Jun 28, 2018, 1:51 AM	2.8	2.1 km	5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 4:33 AM	2.9	5.1 km	5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 5:45 AM	2.7	7.6 km	2.9 km
Sep 14, 2018, 3:30 AM	2.6	10 km	2.3 km
Feb 2, 2019, 5:07 AM	2.6	5 km	2.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jun 25, 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.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Tarpon #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116075	1.8 km	15,000	4,500–6,000
Preakness SWD #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000105946	1.9 km	40,000	4,500–7,500
Sham SWD #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000109562	3.5 km	25,000	4,530–7,640
Reeves -43- #1	Reeves County SWD, LLC	000094453	4.7 km	12,000	4,339–5,510
Baptist Foundation #1D	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000048561	5 km	10,000	5,594–6,100
Central Reeves #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000108266	5.5 km	40,000	4,470–6,860
Sbhes Pecos #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000115915	5.6 km	25,000	6,250–7,510
Barstow SWD #2	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000110480	5.7 km	20,000	6,600–7,100
Abram SWD #1	Terrain Water Solutions, LLC	000121190	5.9 km	20,000	4,600–7,600
Pecos SWD #1	Energy Transfer Company	000104215	6.6 km	25,000	4,500–7,500
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #7I	Noble Energy Inc	000126095	6.6 km	10,000	8,824–10,575
Angelo SWD #2	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000113277	6.6 km	20,000	4,500–6,500
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #9I	Noble Energy Inc	000126097	6.8 km	10,000	8,758–10,576
Ani SWD #1	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000101944	6.9 km	20,000	8,000–9,150
Angelo SWD #1	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000112686	7 km	20,000	4,500–6,500

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

About this data

Event us20008la8 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/us20008la8, documented in the API reference.