EARTHQUAKES · OLDHAM AREA · US2000AXZC
Magnitude 2.7 6 km ESE of Channing, Texas
Monday, October 2, 2017, 2:55:01 PM Central · 2017-10-02 19:55:01 UTC
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 6 km ESE of Channing, Texas on October 2, 2017 at 2:55 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Oldham County area.
No other M2+ events have been located within 10 km of this spot.
1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 9 km away and operated by Neas Operating, LLC; together they hold 10,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.7
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 8
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 35.6629, -102.2584
- County area
- Oldham County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rough Rider #1 | Neas Operating, LLC | 000107064 | 9 km | 10,000 | 4,200–5,200 |
Disposal in Oldham County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000axzc 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/us2000axzc, documented in the API reference.