EARTHQUAKES · SHELBY AREA · US60004Y6H
Magnitude 2.6 6 km SSW of Timpson, Texas
Friday, July 26, 2019, 11:01:03 PM Central · 2019-07-27 04:01:03 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 6 km SSW of Timpson, Texas on July 26, 2019 at 11:01 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Shelby County area.
It is one of 2 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 7.7 km away and operated by Wmo Oil, LLC; together they hold 30,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.6
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 3
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.8468, -94.4226
- County area
- Shelby County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 2018, 11:35 PM | 2.5 | 6 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.5 on Sep 12, 2018.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mina #6 | Wmo Oil, LLC | 000114785 | 7.7 km | 10,000 | 4,700–5,320 |
| Shelby County SWD #2 | Katy Saltwater Disposal Co., Inc | 000098162 | 7.9 km | 10,000 | 5,700–6,000 |
| Stockman SWD #1 | Sheridan Prod Co III, LLC | 000098259 | 9.4 km | 10,000 | 3,625–4,000 |
Disposal in Shelby County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event us60004y6h, as published by the UT Bureau of Economic Geology 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/us60004y6h, documented in the API reference.