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EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US60004WAL

Magnitude 2.8 25 km N of Snyder, Texas

Friday, July 26, 2019, 7:35:04 PM Central · 2019-07-27 00:35:04 UTC

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 25 km N of Snyder, Texas on July 26, 2019 at 7:35 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 72 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 0.3 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 173,634 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.8
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
72
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
88
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.9502, -100.9006
County area
Kent 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
Jul 27, 2019, 11:41 AM2.52.6 km5.0 km
Jun 30, 2019, 4:03 PM2.65.2 km3.6 km
Sep 30, 2019, 4:47 PM4.04.7 km5.0 km
Oct 1, 2019, 2:14 AM3.86.3 km5.0 km
Oct 1, 2019, 6:20 AM2.55.1 km5.0 km
Oct 2, 2019, 12:08 PM2.63.4 km5.0 km
May 7, 2019, 3:27 PM2.99.6 km2.0 km
Mar 23, 2019, 10:24 PM2.22.1 km5.0 km
Jan 18, 2019, 4:20 AM2.84.7 km5.0 km
Feb 19, 2020, 10:47 PM2.68.3 km5.0 km
Dec 25, 2018, 10:23 PM3.30.9 km1.1 km
Mar 13, 2020, 8:09 PM3.08.5 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 #6037Occidental Permian Ltd.0000228320.3 km1,1346,805–6,899
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6397Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958320.5 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6384Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958270.7 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6398Occidental Permian Ltd.0000653560.7 km13,0006,300–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6083Occidental Permian Ltd.0000228500.7 km13,0006,200–8,400
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6371Occidental Permian Ltd.0000495770.8 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #709Occidental Permian Ltd.0000227660.8 km3,5006,955–7,003
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6383Occidental Permian Ltd.0000895350.9 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6382Occidental Permian Ltd.0000889541 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6388Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958281 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6035Occidental Permian Ltd.0000407411 km13,0005,100–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6396Occidental Permian Ltd.0000993171 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6375Occidental Permian Ltd.0000958241.2 km13,0006,200–7,200
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #607Occidental Permian Ltd.0000227601.2 km13,0006,300–7,000
Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6426Occidental Permian Ltd.0001095951.2 km13,0006,200–7,500

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About this data

Event us60004wal 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/us60004wal, documented in the API reference.