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EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US2000BVD7

Magnitude 2.6 25 km N of Snyder, Texas

Tuesday, November 28, 2017, 8:19:50 AM Central · 2017-11-28 14:19:50 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 25 km N of Snyder, Texas on November 28, 2017 at 8:19 AM Central, 4.5 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 73 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.3 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 186,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.6
MB_LG, reviewed
4.5
km deep · 14,699 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
73
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
95
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.9440, -100.8859
County area
Kent 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
Dec 6, 2017, 11:03 PM2.11.4 km2.8 km
Feb 14, 2018, 9:53 AM2.69.7 km5.0 km
Sep 6, 2017, 3:02 AM2.87.9 km5.0 km
Feb 22, 2018, 4:17 AM2.93.4 km4.7 km
Aug 13, 2017, 9:45 AM2.76.7 km4.7 km
Apr 29, 2018, 3:28 AM2.81.4 km5.0 km
May 6, 2017, 2:46 AM2.52.4 km1.3 km
May 5, 2017, 8:51 PM2.72.3 km1.6 km
Aug 5, 2018, 3:17 PM2.97.2 km5.0 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:02 AM2.51.5 km2.2 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:31 AM2.42.8 km5.0 km
Aug 9, 2018, 11:15 AM2.41.8 km2.5 km

Largest nearby on record: M4.0 on Sep 30, 2019.

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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6400Occidental Permian Ltd.0000993180.3 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6431Occidental Permian Ltd.0001147050.4 km10,0006,500–7,300
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6415Occidental Permian Ltd.0001018790.4 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6422Occidental Permian Ltd.0001096010.5 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6410Occidental Permian Ltd.0000956220.5 km13,0006,200–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6388Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958280.6 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #607Occidental Permian Ltd.0000227600.6 km13,0006,300–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6411Occidental Permian Ltd.0000956230.7 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6420Occidental Permian Ltd.0001095980.8 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #607AOccidental Permian Ltd.0001174950.8 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6439Occidental Permian Ltd.0001147030.8 km10,0006,500–7,300
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6438Occidental Permian Ltd.0001147040.8 km10,0006,500–7,300
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6383Occidental Permian Ltd.0000895350.9 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6384Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958270.9 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6382Occidental Permian Ltd.0000889540.9 km13,0006,200–7,200

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About this data

Event us2000bvd7 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/us2000bvd7, documented in the API reference.