EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US60006SUH
Magnitude 2.9 11 km S of Coyanosa, Texas
Tuesday, December 17, 2019, 3:13:13 PM Central · 2019-12-17 21:13:13 UTC
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake 11 km S of Coyanosa, Texas on December 17, 2019 at 3:13 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 17 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away and operated by Petex; together they hold 287,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.9
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 17
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 385
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.1401, -103.0440
- County area
- Reeves County
- On a map
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- USGS event page ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2019, 5:13 AM | 2.6 | 7.5 km | 2.0 km |
| Jan 15, 2021, 5:19 PM | 2.5 | 6.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Oct 27, 2018, 2:49 AM | 2.9 | 8.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 15, 2021, 5:25 PM | 3.1 | 1.7 km | 4.0 km |
| May 5, 2021, 10:40 AM | 2.4 | 9.2 km | 2.4 km |
| Jun 13, 2022, 4:06 AM | 2.3 | 8.1 km | 7.8 km |
| Jun 25, 2022, 7:09 AM | 2.1 | 9.2 km | 2.3 km |
| Jul 20, 2022, 7:51 AM | 2.4 | 4.2 km | 0.7 km |
| Aug 30, 2024, 1:06 PM | 2.7 | 0.8 km | 2.7 km |
| Jan 22, 2026, 1:36 AM | 2.5 | 2.7 km | 3.7 km |
| Jan 22, 2026, 3:11 AM | 2.4 | 3.3 km | 2.6 km |
| May 4, 2026, 6:12 PM | 3.1 | 5 km | 5.6 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Oct 7, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal, James #8W | Petex | 000012048 | 1.7 km | 1,500 | 4,844–4,874 |
| Salt Lake SWD #1 | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000115375 | 2.4 km | 30,000 | 5,150–6,800 |
| Braden SWD #1 | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000108609 | 3.2 km | 20,000 | 5,300–7,000 |
| Swinbank SWD #1 | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000117869 | 3.5 km | 25,000 | 5,200–6,800 |
| Suter Farms SWD #1 | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000109513 | 3.5 km | 25,000 | 5,300–6,700 |
| Sibley, Effie Potts #12 | P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 000092884 | 4 km | 4,000 | 4,810–4,882 |
| Sibley, Effie Potts #5 | P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 000092883 | 4 km | 4,000 | 4,776–4,879 |
| Wahoo 12 #1SW | VTX Energy Operating, LLC | 000118184 | 4.2 km | 30,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Iron Man #1D | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000118922 | 4.7 km | 30,000 | 5,950–7,830 |
| Sibley, Effie Potts #4 | P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 000093661 | 4.8 km | 1,000 | 4,735–4,866 |
| Catseye SWD #1 | Velocity Water Solutions, LP | 000118739 | 5.1 km | 30,000 | 5,200–6,800 |
| Giddyup Buttercup #1 | Swordfish Energy Operating, LLC | 000115323 | 5.1 km | 30,000 | 5,150–6,800 |
| Neal, James O. #7 | P.o.&g. Operating, LLC | 000096652 | 5.2 km | 3,000 | 4,716–4,796 |
| GSL SWD 26 #1 | Rattler Midstream Operating LLC | 000115557 | 5.3 km | 24,000 | 5,900–7,623 |
| Hatch 16 #X001 | Swordfish Energy Operating, LLC | 000117223 | 5.4 km | 30,000 | 4,975–6,400 |
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About this data
Event us60006suh 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/us60006suh, documented in the API reference.