Magnitude 2.6 12 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

Friday, January 24, 2020, 1:20:24 AM Central · 2020-01-24 07:20:24 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 12 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on January 24, 2020 at 1:20 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 85 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away and operated by XTO Energy Inc.; together they hold 341,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.6: ML, reviewed
5.0: km deep · 16,405 ft
2: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
85: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
529: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.1677, -103.1669
County area: Reeves 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.

When	Mag	Distance	Depth
Jan 29, 2020, 6:04 PM	2.8	8.8 km	2.6 km
Jan 4, 2020, 12:23 PM	2.9	7.6 km	5.0 km
Dec 28, 2019, 4:54 AM	3.0	7.8 km	5.0 km
Dec 20, 2019, 1:00 PM	2.8	5.5 km	5.0 km
Dec 20, 2019, 3:29 AM	2.5	6.8 km	5.0 km
Oct 28, 2019, 5:13 AM	2.6	7.1 km	2.0 km
Jun 26, 2020, 5:51 PM	2.8	5 km	5.0 km
Aug 2, 2019, 10:05 PM	3.1	7.4 km	5.0 km
Jul 18, 2020, 10:29 AM	2.7	6.2 km	5.0 km
Jul 22, 2020, 12:01 PM	3.1	9.4 km	5.0 km
Jul 21, 2019, 4:06 AM	2.6	9.1 km	5.0 km
Aug 3, 2020, 9:52 AM	2.4	8.7 km	5.0 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
El Kabong Unit 48-18-7 #1D	XTO Energy Inc.	000117979	1.5 km	20,000	5,700–7,738
El Kabong Unit 48-17-8 #1D	XTO Energy Inc.	000117984	2.3 km	30,000	5,310–6,436
Mandujano Bros SWD #1	Rattler Midstream Operating LLC	000116603	2.8 km	24,000	6,000–7,900
El Kabong Unit 48-17-8 #2D	XTO Energy Inc.	000117980	3 km	30,000	5,700–7,250
Salty Brigham 10 #1SW	Rattler Midstream Operating LLC	000110984	3.6 km	20,000	6,050–7,800
Weatherby SWD #1	Rattler Midstream Operating LLC	000117340	3.9 km	30,000	6,000–7,900
Old Courtney Ranch Co SWD #1	Rattler Midstream Operating LLC	000118022	4.2 km	20,000	5,930–7,950
Warthog 19 #1SW	VTX Energy Operating, LLC	000109227	4.4 km	12,000	5,700–7,500
Sable SWD #1	Rattler Midstream Operating LLC	000111536	4.7 km	20,000	6,000–7,500
Snook 23 #1SW	VTX Energy Operating, LLC	000116677	5 km	15,000	5,500–7,500
Salty Dog #1SW	Rattler Midstream Operating LLC	000114464	5.3 km	20,000	5,550–7,800
El Kabong 48-29 #1D	XTO Energy Inc.	000117982	5.6 km	30,000	5,700–7,250
Giraffe 18 #2SW	VTX Energy Operating, LLC	000112857	6.1 km	20,000	5,250–7,300
El Kabong 48-28 #1D	XTO Energy Inc.	000117983	6.5 km	30,000	5,700–7,250
Braden SWD #2	Rattler Midstream Operating LLC	000115891	6.6 km	20,000	5,920–7,850

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

About this data

Event us60007ei9 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/us60007ei9, documented in the API reference.