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EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US2000AVAW

Magnitude 2.6 22 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 5:57:32 AM Central · 2017-09-27 10:57:32 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 22 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on September 27, 2017 at 5:57 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 162 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 2.5 km away and operated by VTX Energy Operating, LLC; together they hold 187,150 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

5 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 29,132 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.6
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
6
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
162
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
459
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1698, -103.2798
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 27, 2017, 4:16 AM2.86.4 km5.0 km
Sep 27, 2017, 4:15 AM3.02.5 km5.0 km
Sep 26, 2017, 11:09 PM2.89.1 km5.0 km
Sep 14, 2017, 3:11 PM3.21.4 km5.0 km
Sep 3, 2017, 1:27 AM3.11.6 km5.0 km
Sep 3, 2017, 1:24 AM2.76.7 km5.0 km
Oct 21, 2017, 4:50 PM3.12.9 km1.2 km
Oct 21, 2017, 8:57 PM2.77.3 km5.0 km
Oct 21, 2017, 9:53 PM3.35.4 km5.0 km
Oct 24, 2017, 6:54 PM2.64.3 km5.0 km
Oct 29, 2017, 9:23 PM2.64.8 km2.2 km
Aug 21, 2017, 4:44 AM2.85.5 km4.1 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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 29.1K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
WBR 47 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001138692.5 km20,0005,500–7,500
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136363.3 km20,0005,500–7,500
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127443.3 km12,0006,020–6,405
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Operating, LLC0000646083.7 km5005,221–5,241
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127454.1 km12,0005,250–6,900
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-9 #2SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001126835.5 km25,0005,000–6,470
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983285.7 km1,5005,250–5,392
Hippo 22 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001050126.2 km20,0005,850–6,500
Gillespie #1Vaquero Operating0000812626.2 km5,0005,350–5,990
Reeves -O- Fee #5WChevron U. S. A. Inc.0000205246.7 km2505,137–5,166
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-5 #2SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001161736.9 km15,0005,211–6,460
VJ Ranch-Sable "25" #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001044147 km20,0005,100–6,470
Salty Brigham 10 #1SWRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001109847.2 km20,0006,050–7,800
Pecos Southeast SWD #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0001056997.2 km15,0005,450–6,850
Young, J. B., Etal #5McDonnold Operating, Inc.0000938627.5 km9005,168–5,184

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About this data

Event us2000avaw 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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