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EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US2000AEVC

Magnitude 2.7 28 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas

Sunday, September 3, 2017, 1:24:36 AM Central · 2017-09-03 06:24:36 UTC

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 28 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on September 3, 2017 at 1:24 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 189 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 6 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 0.5 km away and operated by Vaquero Operating; together they hold 210,750 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

3 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 24,535 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.7
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
6
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
189
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
342
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1217, -103.3225
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Sep 3, 2017, 1:27 AM3.18 km5.0 km
Aug 23, 2017, 9:12 PM3.09.7 km1.9 km
Sep 14, 2017, 3:11 PM3.25.8 km5.0 km
Aug 21, 2017, 4:44 AM2.86.4 km4.1 km
Aug 20, 2017, 3:54 PM2.86.5 km5.0 km
Aug 20, 2017, 3:48 PM2.85.1 km5.0 km
Aug 17, 2017, 3:42 PM2.77.1 km5.0 km
Sep 27, 2017, 4:15 AM3.05.7 km5.0 km
Sep 27, 2017, 5:57 AM2.66.7 km5.0 km
Aug 4, 2017, 12:05 PM2.86.6 km2.8 km
Oct 21, 2017, 4:50 PM3.13.8 km1.2 km
Oct 21, 2017, 8:57 PM2.76.2 km5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Nov 29, 2020.

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. 3 of these report daily to TexNet: 24.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Gillespie #1Vaquero Operating0000812620.5 km5,0005,350–5,990
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127453.4 km12,0005,250–6,900
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127443.8 km12,0006,020–6,405
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-9 #2SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001126834.5 km25,0005,000–6,470
Thompson SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001084425.2 km15,0005,230–7,350
Thompson SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001084405.4 km15,0005,230–7,350
Coyote 48 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078655.5 km15,0005,250–6,900
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-7 #1SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001162395.6 km25,0005,170–7,100
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136366.3 km20,0005,500–7,500
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-5 #2SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001161736.5 km15,0005,211–6,460
Coyote 48 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109256.5 km20,0005,250–6,900
Lindsay #1DRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001188806.5 km10,0006,000–8,100
Reeves -O- Fee #5WChevron U. S. A. Inc.0000205247 km2505,137–5,166
Coyote 48 #3SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109267 km20,0005,250–6,900
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983287.1 km1,5005,250–5,392

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About this data

Event us2000aevc 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/us2000aevc, documented in the API reference.