EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US2000DC22
Magnitude 2.7 24 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
Sunday, March 4, 2018, 7:57:52 AM Central · 2018-03-04 13:57:52 UTC
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 24 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on March 4, 2018 at 7:57 AM Central, 6.9 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 186 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 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 1.3 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 182,150 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.
- M2.7
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 6.9
- km deep · 22,705 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 186
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 404
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1496, -103.2977
- 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2018, 11:41 AM | 2.5 | 8.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 15, 2018, 12:47 PM | 3.0 | 4.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 11, 2018, 3:39 PM | 3.0 | 2.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 23, 2018, 4:42 AM | 2.2 | 5.7 km | 6.6 km |
| Dec 27, 2017, 5:50 PM | 2.7 | 4.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 18, 2017, 10:59 PM | 2.5 | 5.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 15, 2017, 3:53 AM | 3.3 | 2 km | 5.0 km |
| May 28, 2018, 3:15 PM | 3.0 | 7.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Jun 3, 2018, 2:44 AM | 3.1 | 6.6 km | 6.8 km |
| Jun 3, 2018, 5:57 AM | 3.1 | 4.9 km | 3.6 km |
| Jun 3, 2018, 9:41 PM | 2.7 | 4.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 10, 2017, 8:44 AM | 3.0 | 1.9 km | 1.1 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.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000dc22 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/us2000dc22, documented in the API reference.