EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US2000I7AC

Magnitude 2.2 23 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas

Monday, November 5, 2018, 9:57:52 PM Central · 2018-11-06 03:57:52 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 23 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on November 5, 2018 at 9:57 PM Central, 3.3 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 169 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 2.7 km away and operated by VTX Energy Operating, LLC; together they hold 192,150 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.

M2.2: ML, reviewed
3.3: km deep · 10,663 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
169: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
439: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.1658, -103.2905
County area: Reeves 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
Nov 25, 2018, 4:32 AM	2.5	7.7 km	3.0 km
Oct 7, 2018, 1:14 AM	2.9	1.8 km	5.0 km
Dec 11, 2018, 9:45 AM	2.5	9.4 km	1.3 km
Dec 22, 2018, 4:58 AM	3.4	3.2 km	5.0 km
Jan 6, 2019, 8:45 PM	2.5	3.7 km	5.0 km
Sep 3, 2018, 6:50 PM	2.6	8.4 km	5.0 km
Sep 3, 2018, 6:48 PM	2.9	6.6 km	5.0 km
Sep 3, 2018, 6:46 PM	3.0	4.7 km	5.0 km
Feb 7, 2019, 11:05 AM	2.8	7.3 km	5.0 km
Mar 4, 2019, 3:11 AM	2.5	6.7 km	5.0 km
Jun 28, 2018, 6:37 PM	2.7	4.1 km	5.0 km
Mar 19, 2019, 6:30 AM	2.8	8 km	5.0 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.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
WBR 47 #1SW	VTX Energy Operating, LLC	000113869	2.7 km	20,000	5,500–7,500
Lucas 23 #1SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000112744	2.8 km	12,000	6,020–6,405
Lucas 23 #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000112745	3.5 km	12,000	5,250–6,900
WBR 18 #1SW	VTX Energy Operating, LLC	000113636	3.6 km	20,000	5,500–7,500
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-9 #2SW	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000112683	4.4 km	25,000	5,000–6,470
Chaparral "B" #1	Blue Arrow Operating, LLC	000064608	4.6 km	500	5,221–5,241
Gillespie #1	Vaquero Operating	000081262	5.3 km	5,000	5,350–5,990
Reeves -O- Fee #5W	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000020524	5.8 km	250	5,137–5,166
Red Horse "29" #1W	Shenandoah Petroleum Corporation	000098328	5.9 km	1,500	5,250–5,392
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-5 #2SW	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000116173	6 km	15,000	5,211–6,460
Young, J. B., Etal #5	McDonnold Operating, Inc.	000093862	6.6 km	900	5,168–5,184
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-7 #1SW	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000116239	6.7 km	25,000	5,170–7,100
Pecos Southeast SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000105699	7 km	15,000	5,450–6,850
Reeves 'AH' Fee #1W	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000110268	7.3 km	20,000	5,350–6,900
Hippo 22 #1SW	VTX Energy Operating, LLC	000105012	7.3 km	20,000	5,850–6,500

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About this data

Event us2000i7ac 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/us2000i7ac, documented in the API reference.