EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US2000J8R5
Magnitude 2.6 14 km N of Balmorhea, Texas
Friday, January 25, 2019, 6:05:47 AM Central · 2019-01-25 12:05:47 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 14 km N of Balmorhea, Texas on January 25, 2019 at 6:05 AM Central, 5.2 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 40 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 7.5 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 25,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.6
- ML, reviewed
- 5.2
- km deep · 17,160 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 40
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 92
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1153, -103.7391
- County area
- Reeves 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2017, 11:44 AM | 2.8 | 5.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 27, 2022, 7:33 PM | 2.2 | 4.5 km | 5.2 km |
| Jan 8, 2023, 8:07 AM | 2.6 | 4.4 km | 9.6 km |
| Jan 11, 2023, 11:06 AM | 2.3 | 9 km | 4.6 km |
| Jan 17, 2023, 2:19 AM | 2.0 | 0.7 km | -0.0 km |
| Feb 12, 2023, 10:10 AM | 2.2 | 1 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 20, 2023, 5:19 PM | 2.3 | 4.4 km | 5.8 km |
| Feb 28, 2023, 9:41 PM | 2.8 | 5.1 km | 0.9 km |
| Mar 29, 2023, 6:55 PM | 2.5 | 5.1 km | 5.6 km |
| Apr 15, 2023, 2:48 AM | 2.2 | 8.4 km | 5.5 km |
| May 22, 2023, 9:17 AM | 2.1 | 7.6 km | 1.1 km |
| Jun 10, 2023, 7:08 PM | 2.0 | 9.2 km | 0.2 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Jun 10, 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buster SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000115040 | 7.5 km | 25,000 | 4,425–6,625 |
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000j8r5 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/us2000j8r5, documented in the API reference.