EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US2000I50Z

Magnitude 2.4 17 km N of Snyder, Texas

Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 7:52:39 PM Central · 2018-11-01 00:52:39 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 17 km N of Snyder, Texas on October 31, 2018 at 7:52 PM Central, 1.9 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 106 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 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 1 km away and operated by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; together they hold 187,600 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.4
MB_LG, reviewed
1.9
km deep · 6,168 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
106
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
166
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.8726, -100.9045
County area
Kent 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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Oct 31, 2018, 6:50 PM3.01.9 km5.0 km
Oct 28, 2018, 9:21 AM3.13.5 km4.9 km
Sep 16, 2018, 11:56 AM2.80.5 km5.0 km
Dec 25, 2018, 10:23 PM3.39.1 km1.1 km
Jan 18, 2019, 4:20 AM2.84.3 km5.0 km
Aug 9, 2018, 11:15 AM2.49.8 km2.5 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:31 AM2.48.2 km5.0 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:02 AM2.58.5 km2.2 km
Aug 5, 2018, 3:17 PM2.90.9 km5.0 km
Jun 15, 2018, 12:22 AM2.57.3 km5.0 km
Mar 23, 2019, 10:24 PM2.26.6 km5.0 km
Apr 29, 2018, 3:28 AM2.89.1 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
Sacroc Unit #12-15RKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001265161 km11,4006,350–7,250
Fuller, P. L. NCT-1 #11Crossroads Operating, LLC0000516691.2 km3,5006,453–7,200
Sacroc Unit #12-13AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001133361.2 km15,0006,700–7,250
Sacroc Unit #12A09Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001132731.5 km15,0006,600–7,250
Sacroc Unit #12A-32Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001263311.5 km11,4006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #12-24Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001131191.8 km15,0006,500–7,250
Sacroc Unit #12A22AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000983601.8 km15,0007,900–8,655
Sacroc Unit #12A-27Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001130841.9 km15,0006,400–7,250
Sacroc Unit #12A-23Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001127932 km15,0006,696–7,250
Sacroc Unit #15-5RKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001266102 km11,4006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #12A-26Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001131752.1 km15,0006,800–7,250
Sacroc Unit #3-11Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001255302.1 km11,4006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #10-5AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001117782.2 km15,0006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #11-8AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001099682.3 km15,0006,521–7,250
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6161Occidental Permian Ltd.0000229142.4 km3,5006,811–6,984

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About this data

Event us2000i50z 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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