EARTHQUAKES · SHELBY AREA · US2000HD8U
Magnitude 2.5 1 km SSE of Timpson, Texas
Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 11:35:06 PM Central · 2018-09-12 04:35:06 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 1 km SSE of Timpson, Texas on September 11, 2018 at 11:35 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Shelby County area.
It is one of 4 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
2 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.5 km away and operated by Katy Saltwater Disposal Co., Inc; together they hold 20,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.5
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 4
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 2
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 1
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.8921, -94.3874
- 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 4, 2018, 10:06 AM | 3.5 | 8.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 26, 2019, 11:01 PM | 2.6 | 6 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 23, 2020, 1:52 AM | 2.5 | 7.5 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Sep 4, 2018.
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 | 4.5 km | 10,000 | 5,700–6,000 |
| Mina #6 | Wmo Oil, LLC | 000114785 | 6.5 km | 10,000 | 4,700–5,320 |
Disposal in Shelby County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000hd8u 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/us2000hd8u, documented in the API reference.