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EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US2000JISF

Magnitude 2.3 4 km W of Pecos, Texas

Friday, February 15, 2019, 9:52:01 PM Central · 2019-02-16 03:52:01 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 4 km W of Pecos, Texas on February 15, 2019 at 9:52 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 59 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 342,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.3
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
59
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
681
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.4203, -103.5409
County area
Ward 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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Feb 16, 2019, 8:59 AM2.59.6 km5.0 km
Feb 16, 2019, 10:15 AM2.13.3 km5.0 km
Feb 2, 2019, 5:07 AM2.66.7 km2.4 km
Apr 10, 2019, 10:46 AM2.14.9 km5.9 km
Sep 14, 2018, 3:30 AM2.69.9 km2.3 km
Jul 13, 2018, 5:45 AM2.78.2 km2.9 km
Jul 13, 2018, 4:33 AM2.95.5 km5.0 km
Sep 28, 2019, 1:07 PM2.35.7 km5.0 km
Jun 28, 2018, 1:51 AM2.83.7 km5.0 km
Jun 27, 2018, 10:42 PM2.56.8 km7.1 km
May 10, 2018, 10:44 PM2.46.9 km5.0 km
Mar 2, 2020, 6:34 AM2.89.3 km5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jun 25, 2022.

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
Preakness SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059461 km40,0004,500–7,500
Reeves -43- #1Reeves County SWD, LLC0000944533.1 km12,0004,339–5,510
Sham SWD #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001095623.1 km25,0004,530–7,640
Tarpon #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001160753.6 km15,0004,500–6,000
Sbhes Pecos #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001159153.7 km25,0006,250–7,510
Abram SWD #1Terrain Water Solutions, LLC0001211905 km20,0004,600–7,600
Mendoza SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001086955.7 km25,0004,000–7,000
Pecos SWD #1Energy Transfer Company0001042155.9 km25,0004,500–7,500
Central Reeves #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001082666.4 km40,0004,470–6,860
El Diablo SWD #1Daco Operating, LLC0001083036.5 km25,0004,000–7,000
Baptist Foundation #1DWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0000485616.8 km10,0005,594–6,100
Hollywood SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001163757.1 km20,0004,100–6,390
Goose SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001175537.2 km20,0004,350–5,300
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #7INoble Energy Inc0001260957.3 km10,0008,824–10,575
Boreas #1DWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001158947.4 km30,0004,350–7,400

Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event us2000jisf 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/us2000jisf, documented in the API reference.