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EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US2000ADAL

Magnitude 2.2 4 km SE of Pecos, Texas

Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 3:16:43 PM Central · 2017-08-30 20:16:43 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 4 km SE of Pecos, Texas on August 30, 2017 at 3:16 PM Central, 1.8 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 65 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 0.9 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 218,800 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 7,755 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.2
MB_LG, reviewed
1.8
km deep · 5,840 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
65
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
736
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.3973, -103.4584
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Sep 29, 2017, 11:16 PM2.08.2 km5.0 km
Mar 17, 2017, 10:03 PM3.02.4 km3.5 km
Feb 17, 2017, 6:39 AM2.66.8 km3.0 km
Feb 4, 2017, 10:48 PM2.47.2 km5.4 km
Jan 25, 2017, 9:46 PM2.77.6 km5.0 km
May 10, 2018, 10:44 PM2.48 km5.0 km
Jun 27, 2018, 10:42 PM2.54 km7.1 km
Jun 28, 2018, 1:51 AM2.87.5 km5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 4:33 AM2.94.5 km5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 5:45 AM2.73.4 km2.9 km
Sep 14, 2018, 3:30 AM2.67.2 km2.3 km
Oct 26, 2018, 2:31 PM2.97.3 km5.0 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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 7.76K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Layden C #9WWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0000954910.9 km5,0004,779–5,080
Layden C #8Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078541.4 km14,4004,772–5,171
Angelo SWD #1Milestone Enviro Services, LLC0001126861.9 km20,0004,500–6,500
Easy Jet #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001114771.9 km30,0004,500–7,000
FM 1450 South SWD #1Vallee Oil & Gas Company0001114542 km25,0004,700–8,000
Perkins -F- #7Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078582 km14,4004,815–5,171
Angelo SWD #2Milestone Enviro Services, LLC0001132772.1 km20,0004,500–6,500
Perkins -F- #4WJetta Operating Company, Inc.0000950912.6 km5,0004,778–4,888
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #9INoble Energy Inc0001260973.1 km10,0008,758–10,576
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #7INoble Energy Inc0001260953.3 km10,0008,824–10,575
Baptist Foundation #1DWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0000485613.3 km10,0005,594–6,100
Perkins -F- #2WJetta Operating Company, Inc.0000962403.4 km10,0004,700–5,974
Priest -E- #2Jetta Operating Company, Inc.0000509304.1 km5,0004,600–6,150
Citation SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001155504.3 km20,0004,800–6,800
Barstow SWD #2M.A.C. Resources Inc.0001104805 km20,0006,600–7,100

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

About this data

Event us2000adal 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/us2000adal, documented in the API reference.