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EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US2000IXLY

Magnitude 3.3 26 km N of Snyder, Texas

Tuesday, December 25, 2018, 10:23:59 PM Central · 2018-12-26 04:23:59 UTC

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake 26 km N of Snyder, Texas on December 25, 2018 at 10:23 PM Central, 1.1 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 70 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.4 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 162,434 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M3.3
ML, reviewed
1.1
km deep · 3,773 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
70
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
78
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.9543, -100.9086
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
Jan 18, 2019, 4:20 AM2.85.3 km5.0 km
Oct 31, 2018, 7:52 PM2.49.1 km1.9 km
Oct 31, 2018, 6:50 PM3.07.5 km5.0 km
Oct 28, 2018, 9:21 AM3.15.6 km4.9 km
Mar 23, 2019, 10:24 PM2.22.5 km5.0 km
Sep 16, 2018, 11:56 AM2.89.5 km5.0 km
Aug 9, 2018, 11:15 AM2.42.2 km2.5 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:31 AM2.41.2 km5.0 km
Aug 7, 2018, 5:02 AM2.50.9 km2.2 km
Aug 5, 2018, 3:17 PM2.98.1 km5.0 km
Jun 30, 2019, 4:03 PM2.65.9 km3.6 km
Jul 26, 2019, 7:35 PM2.80.9 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 #709Occidental Permian Ltd.0000227660.4 km3,5006,955–7,003
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6083Occidental Permian Ltd.0000228500.7 km13,0006,200–8,400
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6037Occidental Permian Ltd.0000228320.9 km1,1346,805–6,899
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6398Occidental Permian Ltd.0000653561.2 km13,0006,300–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6397Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958321.3 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #401Occidental Permian Ltd.0000227531.5 km1,8007,006–7,116
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6384Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958271.5 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6371Occidental Permian Ltd.0000495771.5 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6035Occidental Permian Ltd.0000407411.5 km13,0005,100–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6426Occidental Permian Ltd.0001095951.7 km13,0006,200–7,500
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6396Occidental Permian Ltd.0000993171.7 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6383Occidental Permian Ltd.0000895351.7 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6382Occidental Permian Ltd.0000889541.8 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6375Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958241.8 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6388Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958281.9 km13,0006,200–7,200

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About this data

Event us2000ixly 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/us2000ixly, documented in the API reference.