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EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US2000C1FQ

Magnitude 2.1 24 km N of Snyder, Texas

Wednesday, December 6, 2017, 11:03:44 PM Central · 2017-12-07 05:03:44 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 24 km N of Snyder, Texas on December 6, 2017 at 11:03 PM Central, 2.8 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 78 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.2 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 195,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.1
MB_LG, reviewed
2.8
km deep · 9,056 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
78
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
108
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.9338, -100.8951
County area
Kent 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
Nov 28, 2017, 8:19 AM2.61.4 km4.5 km
Jan 25, 2018, 7:28 AM2.79.3 km4.0 km
Feb 14, 2018, 9:53 AM2.68.3 km5.0 km
Feb 22, 2018, 4:17 AM2.93 km4.7 km
Sep 6, 2017, 3:02 AM2.87 km5.0 km
Aug 13, 2017, 9:45 AM2.75.5 km4.7 km
Apr 29, 2018, 3:28 AM2.82.3 km5.0 km
Jun 15, 2018, 12:22 AM2.59.5 km5.0 km
May 6, 2017, 2:46 AM2.53.8 km1.3 km
May 5, 2017, 8:51 PM2.73.2 km1.6 km
Aug 5, 2018, 3:17 PM2.95.9 km5.0 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:02 AM2.51.8 km2.2 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 #6404Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958300.2 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6392Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958290.3 km13,0006,200–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6424Occidental Permian Ltd.0001078440.3 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6423Occidental Permian Ltd.0001078430.4 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6406Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958310.5 km13,0006,200–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6355Occidental Permian Ltd.0000495670.5 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6367Occidental Permian Ltd.0000885560.6 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6376Occidental Permian Ltd.0000889530.6 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6407Occidental Permian Ltd.0000895320.7 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6425Occidental Permian Ltd.0001078450.8 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6411Occidental Permian Ltd.0000956230.8 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6375Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958240.8 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6409Occidental Permian Ltd.0000956211 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6382Occidental Permian Ltd.0000889541 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6422Occidental Permian Ltd.0001096011 km13,0006,200–7,500

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About this data

Event us2000c1fq 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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