EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US2000DAUP
Magnitude 2.9 29 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
Thursday, March 1, 2018, 11:42:02 PM Central · 2018-03-02 05:42:02 UTC
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake 29 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on March 1, 2018 at 11:42 PM Central, 2.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 107 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.4 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 260,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.9
- ML, reviewed
- 2.0
- km deep · 6,562 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 107
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 124
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0454, -103.2743
- County area
- Reeves 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2017, 11:27 PM | 3.0 | 8.1 km | 1.2 km |
| Jun 3, 2018, 2:44 AM | 3.1 | 9 km | 6.8 km |
| Sep 3, 2017, 1:24 AM | 2.7 | 9.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 21, 2017, 4:44 AM | 2.8 | 9 km | 4.1 km |
| Aug 20, 2017, 3:48 PM | 2.8 | 8.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Oct 16, 2018, 1:48 AM | 2.7 | 5.9 km | 1.9 km |
| Nov 23, 2018, 8:43 AM | 3.1 | 4.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 11, 2018, 9:45 AM | 2.5 | 6.2 km | 1.3 km |
| Mar 4, 2019, 3:11 AM | 2.5 | 7.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 19, 2019, 6:30 AM | 2.8 | 6.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 20, 2019, 3:22 PM | 3.1 | 6.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 21, 2019, 5:53 AM | 3.1 | 7 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Nov 15, 2023.
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.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000daup 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/us2000daup, documented in the API reference.