EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US60008FGA

Magnitude 3.0 17 km N of Snyder, Texas

Friday, March 13, 2020, 8:09:41 PM Central · 2020-03-14 01:09:41 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 17 km N of Snyder, Texas on March 13, 2020 at 8:09 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Kent County area.

It is one of 105 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 0.4 km away and operated by Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC; together they hold 180,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M3.0
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
105
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
166
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.8770, -100.9283
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
Feb 19, 2020, 10:47 PM2.60.3 km5.0 km
Oct 2, 2019, 12:08 PM2.65.8 km5.0 km
Oct 1, 2019, 6:20 AM2.55.7 km5.0 km
Oct 1, 2019, 2:14 AM3.84.1 km5.0 km
Sep 30, 2019, 4:47 PM4.08.1 km5.0 km
Jul 27, 2019, 11:41 AM2.58.6 km5.0 km
Jul 26, 2019, 7:35 PM2.88.5 km5.0 km
Nov 14, 2020, 10:27 PM3.55.9 km5.0 km
Jun 30, 2019, 4:03 PM2.64.6 km3.6 km
May 7, 2019, 3:27 PM2.91.9 km2.0 km
Jan 31, 2021, 10:52 PM2.77.8 km5.0 km
Feb 7, 2021, 7:06 AM2.84.5 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
Sacroc Unit #3-11Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001255300.4 km11,4006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #3-10Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001255310.6 km11,4006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #10-3AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001142470.9 km15,0006,600–7,250
Sacroc Unit #10-6STKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000493541.1 km15,0006,600–7,250
Sacroc Unit #3-3AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001257631.2 km11,4006,350–7,250
Fuller, P. L. NCT-1 #11Crossroads Operating, LLC0000516691.2 km3,5006,453–7,200
Sacroc Unit #10-1AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001264261.2 km11,4006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #10-7AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001142701.3 km15,0006,700–7,250
Sacroc Unit #10-5AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001117781.3 km15,0006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #10-02Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000237441.4 km——
Sacroc Unit #10-02Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0000237741.4 km15,0006,600–7,250
Sacroc Unit #12-24Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001131191.4 km15,0006,500–7,250
Sacroc Unit #4-7Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001257411.6 km11,4006,350–7,250
Sacroc Unit #8-04Kinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001112641.7 km15,0006,757–7,250
Sacroc Unit #11-8AKinder Morgan Production Co LLC0001099681.7 km15,0006,521–7,250

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About this data

Event us60008fga 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.

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