EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US2000I503

Magnitude 3.0 18 km N of Snyder, Texas

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 6:50:49 PM Central · 2018-10-31 23:50:49 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 18 km N of Snyder, Texas on October 31, 2018 at 6:50 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 110 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 0.8 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 131,100 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M3.0
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
110
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
141
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.8871, -100.9162
County area
Kent County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Oct 31, 2018, 7:52 PM2.41.9 km1.9 km
Oct 28, 2018, 9:21 AM3.12.1 km4.9 km
Sep 16, 2018, 11:56 AM2.82.2 km5.0 km
Dec 25, 2018, 10:23 PM3.37.5 km1.1 km
Jan 18, 2019, 4:20 AM2.83.5 km5.0 km
Aug 9, 2018, 11:15 AM2.48.5 km2.5 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:31 AM2.46.5 km5.0 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:02 AM2.57.1 km2.2 km
Aug 5, 2018, 3:17 PM2.91.3 km5.0 km
Jun 15, 2018, 12:22 AM2.56 km5.0 km
Mar 23, 2019, 10:24 PM2.25.1 km5.0 km
Apr 29, 2018, 3:28 AM2.87.7 km5.0 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 #6182Occidental Permian Ltd.0000229290.8 km3,5006,956–7,083
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6161Occidental Permian Ltd.0000229141.1 km3,5006,811–6,984
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6114Occidental Permian Ltd.0000228931.3 km13,0006,200–8,400
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6368Occidental Permian Ltd.0000858151.5 km10,0006,200–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6123Occidental Permian Ltd.0000417041.7 km10,0006,300–7,000
Fuller, P. L. NCT-1 #11Crossroads Operating, LLC0000516691.7 km3,5006,453–7,200
Sacroc Unit #3-11Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001255301.9 km11,4006,350–7,250
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #1503AOccidental Permian Ltd.0000228721.9 km1,8006,938–7,072
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6359Occidental Permian Ltd.0000495741.9 km10,0006,200–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6165Occidental Permian Ltd.0000229172 km10,0006,300–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6153Occidental Permian Ltd.0000889552 km13,0006,200–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6102AOccidental Permian Ltd.0000928892 km10,0006,300–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6363Occidental Permian Ltd.0000795382.1 km10,0006,300–7,000
Sacroc Unit #3-10Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001255312.2 km11,4006,350–7,250
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6169Occidental Permian Ltd.0000229212.2 km10,0006,300–7,000

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About this data

Event us2000i503 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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