EARTHQUAKES · SHELBY AREA · US2000H85V
Magnitude 3.5 7 km NNW of Timpson, Texas
Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 10:06:46 AM Central · 2018-09-04 15:06:46 UTC
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake 7 km NNW of Timpson, Texas on September 4, 2018 at 10:06 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Shelby County area.
It is one of 3 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.9 km away and operated by Katy Saltwater Disposal Co., Inc; together they hold 45,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.5
- MWR, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 16
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.9613, -94.4343
- County area
- Shelby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2018, 11:35 PM | 2.5 | 8.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 23, 2020, 1:52 AM | 2.5 | 2.4 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.5 on Mar 23, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shelby County SWD #2 | Katy Saltwater Disposal Co., Inc | 000098162 | 4.9 km | 10,000 | 5,700–6,000 |
| Williams Heirs #1 | Diversified Production LLC | 000092019 | 5.1 km | 10,000 | 5,524–5,544 |
| Iron Mountain Energy 999 #1 | Double L Contractors, LLC | 000095867 | 8.4 km | 10,000 | 5,604–5,704 |
| Jones Disposal 999 #3 | Double L Contractors, LLC | 000100923 | 8.5 km | 15,000 | 3,100–3,220 |
Disposal in Shelby County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000h85v 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/us2000h85v, documented in the API reference.