EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US2000J5P3
Magnitude 2.8 21 km N of Snyder, Texas
Friday, January 18, 2019, 4:20:28 AM Central · 2019-01-18 10:20:28 UTC
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 21 km N of Snyder, Texas on January 18, 2019 at 4:20 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Kent County area.
It is one of 102 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 0.6 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 143,134 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.8
- ML, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 102
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 133
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.9090, -100.8893
- County area
- Kent County
- On a map
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 2018, 10:23 PM | 3.3 | 5.3 km | 1.1 km |
| Mar 23, 2019, 10:24 PM | 2.2 | 2.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Oct 31, 2018, 7:52 PM | 2.4 | 4.3 km | 1.9 km |
| Oct 31, 2018, 6:50 PM | 3.0 | 3.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Oct 28, 2018, 9:21 AM | 3.1 | 1.7 km | 4.9 km |
| May 7, 2019, 3:27 PM | 2.9 | 5.5 km | 2.0 km |
| Sep 16, 2018, 11:56 AM | 2.8 | 4.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 9, 2018, 11:15 AM | 2.4 | 5.7 km | 2.5 km |
| Jun 30, 2019, 4:03 PM | 2.6 | 0.6 km | 3.6 km |
| Aug 7, 2018, 5:31 AM | 2.4 | 4.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 7, 2018, 5:02 AM | 2.5 | 4.6 km | 2.2 km |
| Aug 5, 2018, 3:17 PM | 2.9 | 3.4 km | 5.0 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6173 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022924 | 0.6 km | 13,000 | 6,200–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6196 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022933 | 0.7 km | 3,500 | 6,827–6,913 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6190 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022932 | 0.8 km | 1,134 | 6,857–6,900 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6158 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022913 | 0.9 km | 13,000 | 5,000–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6381A | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000092890 | 1.1 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6169 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022921 | 1.3 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6122 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000074933 | 1.3 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6147 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000049579 | 1.4 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6353 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000096163 | 1.5 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6354 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000079533 | 1.5 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6157 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022912 | 1.5 km | 3,500 | 6,841–6,936 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6153 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000088955 | 1.6 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6165 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022917 | 1.6 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6363 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000079538 | 1.6 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6378 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000049578 | 1.7 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
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About this data
Event us2000j5p3 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/us2000j5p3, documented in the API reference.