EARTHQUAKES · JEFF DAVIS AREA · US6000A6B3
Magnitude 3.2 western Texas
Thursday, June 4, 2020, 9:41:39 PM Central · 2020-06-05 02:41:39 UTC
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake western Texas on June 4, 2020 at 9:41 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Jeff Davis County area.
It is one of 47 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.1 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 90,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.2
- ML, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 47
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 97
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0118, -103.6267
- County area
- Jeff Davis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 2019, 2:39 PM | 2.6 | 7.7 km | 4.2 km |
| Dec 9, 2019, 11:15 PM | 3.0 | 3.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 2, 2021, 7:22 AM | 2.2 | 6.2 km | 4.5 km |
| Apr 10, 2021, 10:15 PM | 2.4 | 7.6 km | 4.7 km |
| Sep 4, 2021, 6:08 PM | 3.1 | 8.7 km | 4.9 km |
| May 21, 2022, 3:29 AM | 2.1 | 8.3 km | 3.4 km |
| Jun 14, 2022, 1:57 AM | 2.1 | 4.3 km | 4.0 km |
| Nov 24, 2022, 10:30 PM | 2.4 | 4.6 km | 8.7 km |
| Nov 25, 2022, 12:17 AM | 2.0 | 7.6 km | 9.8 km |
| Dec 23, 2022, 3:51 AM | 2.2 | 5.6 km | 4.5 km |
| Dec 23, 2022, 9:56 AM | 2.0 | 5.3 km | 4.7 km |
| Dec 26, 2022, 8:14 AM | 2.2 | 7.4 km | 9.4 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.2 on Jan 8, 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist 13-176 SWD #2 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000117765 | 4.1 km | 20,000 | 4,950–6,550 |
| Baptist 13-223 #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000113258 | 5.1 km | 20,000 | 4,587–6,975 |
| Sea Trek SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC | 000112619 | 6.3 km | 30,000 | 4,800–7,700 |
| Wm ES TX Reeves Co Sswd #1 | Wm Energy Svcs of TX, LLC | 000105736 | 7.5 km | 20,000 | 4,850–7,350 |
Disposal in Jeff Davis County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us6000a6b3 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/us6000a6b3, documented in the API reference.