EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US20009MKD
Magnitude 2.6 27 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
Wednesday, June 14, 2017, 10:54:16 PM Central · 2017-06-15 03:54:16 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 27 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas on June 14, 2017 at 10:54 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 24 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.2 km away and operated by Noble Energy Inc; together they hold 340,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
4 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 10,645 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.6
- ML, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 24
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 426
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1111, -103.4911
- County area
- Reeves County
- On a map
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- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2017, 7:18 AM | 3.0 | 2.1 km | 2.9 km |
| Sep 4, 2017, 11:36 AM | 2.8 | 5.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 3, 2017, 7:02 AM | 2.2 | 2.3 km | 4.4 km |
| Nov 27, 2017, 1:48 AM | 2.6 | 3.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 26, 2018, 1:08 AM | 2.7 | 5.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 23, 2019, 9:04 AM | 2.6 | 5.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 26, 2019, 12:44 AM | 2.5 | 3.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 18, 2019, 2:23 PM | 2.6 | 9.5 km | 5.0 km |
| May 29, 2021, 11:18 AM | 2.2 | 9.8 km | 4.8 km |
| Oct 15, 2021, 4:55 AM | 2.0 | 9.8 km | 3.9 km |
| Nov 24, 2021, 11:37 PM | 2.1 | 8.5 km | 3.3 km |
| Nov 24, 2021, 11:39 PM | 2.2 | 7.4 km | 2.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Apr 19, 2017.
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. 4 of these report daily to TexNet: 10.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us20009mkd 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/us20009mkd, documented in the API reference.